Chesley Sullenberger safely ditched his plane in New York's Hudson River after a
bird strike disabled its engines.
In addition to enhancing the margin of safety by increasing aircraft recognition, the Pulselite[R] System has been proven to significantly reduce
bird strikes.
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and provincial governments should take appropriate steps to prevent
bird strikes incidents.Aviation experts said such frequent cases of
bird strikes are the result of increased population around the airports and growing environment pollution.
He said the system would be able to reduce engine-associated damages from the current 33 per cent to five per cent.While Wajir Airport is also riddled with the challenge of
bird strikes due to the nearby slaughterhouse and poor sanitary conditions, installation of the gadget has not been prioritised due to low traffic and financial constraints.
Andersen said there are plans to acquire
bird strike avoidance radar that can help visualise birds as far as five nautical miles and warn pilots in advance or for the staff to take appropriate control measures.
"PS: we've landed at NAIA and we were informed that there was a "
bird strike." Challenge is how CebuPac will deal with us now," he added.
"A recent study by the Rotorcraft
Bird Strike Working Group has recommended the introduction of
bird strike protection requirements for Normal category rotorcraft to minimise the risk of damage or injury."
aviation officials in this connection and said a
bird strike could have "damaged the sensor data fed to the anti-stall system in the Ethiopian crash."
Precise Flight, Inc.'s Pulselite
Bird Strike Prevention System is the only FAA approved onboard solution proven to reduce
bird strikes for commercial aviation.
A PLANE that circled Teesside all day had to divert and land due to fears over a
bird strike.
Believe it or not, there is a fascinating world of forensics behind each
bird strike mystery.
A flydubai aircraft was delayed by nearly seven hours following a
bird strike while landing in Sri Lanka, the airline said on Tuesday.