United Airlines Flight Lands Safely After Bird Strike
File photo. (United Continental Airlines)(DENVER) — A United Airlines flight from Dallas/Ft. Worth struck a bird as it made its descent into Denver on Tuesday, causing a large hole in the plane’s nose.ABC News affiliate KMGH reports that Flight …
‘Unavoidable’ Bird Strike Killed 2 Marines
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — A “likely unavoidable” bird strike was responsible for a helicopter crash that killed two Camp Pendleton Marines in September, according to a Marine Corps investigation.Capt. Jeffrey Bland, 37, and 1st L…
FAA Scolds iPad Bird-Strike Videographer
File photo. Tom Brakefield/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Even if you don’t remember the name Grant Cardone, surely you remember his video. Cardone was on the recent Delta flight hit by birds shortly after takeoff at New York’s John F. Kennedy …
Bird Strike Cripples Plane Carrying Joe Biden
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Air Force Two, a modified Boeing 757 government airplane carrying Vice President Joe Biden, struck birds Thursday night as it was landing at Santa Barbara Airport in California, an administration official told ABC …
Bird Strike: Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing
ABC News/WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — Delta Flight 1063 was forced to make an emergency landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after its right engine reportedly experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff Thursday afternoon.The f…