Lucky escape for passengers after Airlink plane collides with bird

Foster said bird strikes were a “common occurrence” in aviation.While the airline had experienced numerous bird strikes over the years, this was the first time a strike had caused serious damage.

The aircraft would remain at Venetia pending the SACAA’s inspection while technicians assessed the damage. While the hole in the fuselage can be repaired, the investigators would need to assess what stress had been placed on the affected wing, Foster said. Airlink has operated a fleet of Jetstream 41 aircraft since 1995, when it had 15 in service. The aircraft involved was nearing the end of its economic life, Foster added.pilot Derek Fitzgerald, 34, and student pilot Richard Morgan, 31, were killed when their Robinson R22 helicopter plunged into the Umgeni River in Durban North after a bird hit the tail rotor.While most bird strikes happen at low altitude, when aircraft are landing or taking off, some happen at high altitude.

In July 1962 an Indian Airlines Douglas C-47 Dakota was flying from Kabul in Afghanistan to Amritsar in India when it struck a vulture. The bird smashed through the windscreen killing the co-pilot.In January 2009 US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of geese shortly after take-off from La Guardia Airport in New York, instantly losing power to both turbines.Sullenberger and Jeffrey Skiles ditched the Airbus A320 in the Hudson River.

All 150 passengers and five crew escaped unhurt, some without even getting their feet wet, before the aircraft sank.

The Kori Bustard bird. Looks like a mini-Ostrich

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Fuck these journalists are slow with this old news

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