Article: Plane lands safely at New York airport after bird strike

Article: Pilot reported double bird strike after takeoff
AP Worldstream;  January 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... pilot reported a double bird strike less than a minute after ... a normal takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport ... When he reported the bird strike, the pilot asked to return ... from employees at the New York TRACON (Terminal Radar ...

Article: FAA: Keep bird strike records secret ; Fears public ...
The Boston Globe;  March 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Charles Schumer and fellow New York Democratic Representative ... After a multiple bird strike forced a US Airways jet ... requested access to the bird strike database, which contains more than 100,000 bird strike reports that have been ...

Article: Extending runway lessens bird strike risk at City ...
Belfast Telegraph;  March 4, 2009 ;     435 words ... ... minimise the risk of major bird strike from that source, but ... of the Airbus 320 in New York's Hudson River highlights ... catastrophic outcome of bird strike to any aircraft taking ... engine failure due to bird strike has now been amply demonstrated ...

Article: FAA: Plane lands safely after NYC bird strike
AP Online;  June 30, 2009 ;     480 words ... ... flight landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after reporting a bird strike. FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac (SAY'-lak) says a bird strike was reported by Flight ... not immediately known. A bird strike was responsible for the ...

Article: Possible bird strike eyed in chopper crash
AP Online;  February 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... visible evidence of a bird strike, but tests at the Smithsonian ... Floresville, Texas. A bird strike also preceded a Jan ... jetliner to ditch into New York's Hudson River moments ... passengers survived. The New York accident focused attention ...

Article: FAA makes public its airplane-bird strike data
AP Online;  April 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... International Airport in New York reported at least 30 ... of Canada geese over New York and lost all power ... requested the FAA's bird strike database. As some agency ... the remedy for uneven bird strike reporting was to make ...

Article: Bird strike leaves fist-sized hole in Air New ...
The Press;  February 7, 2009 ;     402 words ...A bird strike has left a fist-sized hole in the wing ... observed some damage from a suspected bird strike . . . following the arrival of our Melbourne ... emergency landing in the Hudson River in New York. Palmer said bird strikes happened occasionally ...