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Greece: OA Birdstrike
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Tommy Desmet What: Olympic Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Alexandroupolis to Athens Where: Alexandroupolis’ Democritus Airport When: Jul 22nd Who: 60 passengers Why: The OA took off, and shortly afterwards flew through a flock of birds, several of which were ingested. The plane... »
Birdstrike in Amsterdam Recalls Plane 2x
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer HGabor What: Transavia Boeing 737-700 en route from Amsterdam to Ibiza Spain Where: Amsterdam When: Jul 20th 2009 Who: 148 passengers Why: During takeoff, the flight struck a bird; it took about twenty minutes to land back at the airport where the plane was... »
Birdstrike in Baltimore
What: Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300 en route from Baltimore to Providence Where: BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport When: Jul 7th 2009 Who: 135 on board Why: On takeoff, the plane flew into a flock of birds. About 40 small birds were found on the runway after the incident. The plane landed shortly after the bird... »
Pakistan Bird Strike
Pictured: One of Shaheen Air’s 12 Boeing 737s Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Steve Brimley What: Shaheen Airlines Boeing 737-200 en route to Karachi Where: Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport When: Saturday Who: not available Why: A bird strike right after take-off caused the pilots to request an emergency... »
Air Canada Bird Strike over Montreal
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact Photographer Mark Kryst What: Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Orlando to Montreal Where: Montreal When: Jun 21st 2009 Who: 85 people on board Why: After a normal lift-off and flight, on approach to Montreal, birds struck the plane’s right wing lodging the flaps... »
ConocoPhillips Strikes Ducks on the Way to Oil
What: ConocoPhillips (new) Boeing 737-700 en route from Anchorage to Deadhorse Where: emergency landing in Fairbanks When: Thursday May 28 Who: 135 oilfield workers Why: The plane flew into a cloud of fifty (or thereabouts) ducks, cracking the 3 ply windshield, denting the engine cowling and forcing an emergency landing in Fairbanks. George’s Point... »
Bird Strikes Pilot in the Face
What: Northern Colorado Med-Evac Bell 407 Helicopter en route from Greeley to a hospital south of Denver Where: two miles from Swedish Medical Center (landed at Centennial Airport) When: 1:10 a.m. Sunday May 17 Who: The 4 people aboard were uninjured. Why: The helicopter made an emergency landing after a bird strike left a... »
Turkish Airbus Birdstrike
What: Turkish Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Konya to Istanbul Where: Konya When: May 16th 2009 Who: 140 passengers Why: After a bird strike, the flight returned to Konya. Two passengers were taken to the hospital. »
Airbus Eats Bird over Glasgow
Contact photographer Wim Callaert What: Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A330-200, en route from Glasgow,SC (UK) to Dalaman (Turkey) Where: Manchester When: May 3rd 2009 Who: 322 passengers and 11 crew Why: Over Glasgow, the left hand engine apparently ingested a bird; subsequently, the plane suffered failure of the left hand engine while departing (climbing... »
Airbus Birdstrike In Bologna
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Ruby Allesina What: Eurofly Airbus A320-200, registration I-EEZI en route from Sharm El Sheikh Egypt to Bologna Italy Where: Bologna Italy When: Mar 21st 2009 Why: Bird strike on approach to Bologna. The plane suffered minor damage. No injuries were reported »
