Posted on 10/27/2025 7:11:50 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often
Video
Flock of birds smash into a plane during takeoff from Algeria
https://rumble.com/v70tlls-flock-of-birds-smash-into-a-plane-during-takeoff-from-algeria.html
I’m pretty sure an American airline would have turned back.
Aviation Ping!......................
The video was not very dramatic.
Like love bugs on a windshield.............
Flock hit about 30 seconds into the video I linked
Aftermath
https://x.com/RT_com/status/1982552733250146556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
From the article:
The Federal Aviation Administration finds that bird strikes are not uncommon for pilots. Nearly 20,000 strikes were reported at U.S. airports in 2023. U.S. carriers reported more than 230 strikes at 92 airports in 55 countries foreign countries that same year.
IIRC, some airports try to scare birds away (dogs?)
Trained hawks work good.
The nose was damaged.
I have seen a few military airfields that had falcons. They also had loud audio of various birds of prey with a speaker mounted on their car. They even used shotguns to get rid of some pests.
There were a lot of different techniques used for managing wildlife. Eliminating habitats near the airfield, planting vegetation that birds don’t like, get rid of vegetation they do like.
This was actually pretty interesting. The BASH program guys had a building near our office at my first base (nearly 40 years ago), but I never really knew what they did other than play with their falcons and drive their little van (European sized) making loud annoying bird sounds.
https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_se/publication/dafi91-212/dafi91-212.pdf
Birds are halal approved.
That problem has been around over a hundred years. Grandfather used to wait at the Verdi airport near Reno for the new fangled airmail pilots to land and tell their stories, then wrote articles about them.
All Dressed Up in Feathers
Oakland Tribune, April 1, 1923
Is that Mr. Clean?
Pretty sure.
If not, it’s a weird post. /s
No injuries were reported
FAFO, birds...
“No injuries were reported”
Gary Larson would beg to differ.
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