Glonass
24th Apr 2009, 18:13
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 24, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday.
This is just the header but the the full article is available here:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/24/us/politics/AP-US-FAA-Bird-Strikes.html?_r=1
And, though totally off topic, here you can see the aftermath of a chicken colliding with a windshield at 135 KTS :
Hitting a bird at 250kmph (Warning - Slightly graphic!) - Team-BHP (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/21072-hitting-bird-250kmph-warning-slightly-graphic.html)
Published: April 24, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday.
This is just the header but the the full article is available here:
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/24/us/politics/AP-US-FAA-Bird-Strikes.html?_r=1
And, though totally off topic, here you can see the aftermath of a chicken colliding with a windshield at 135 KTS :
Hitting a bird at 250kmph (Warning - Slightly graphic!) - Team-BHP (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifting-gears/21072-hitting-bird-250kmph-warning-slightly-graphic.html)