Air Baltic flight BT-432 suffered a bird strike on the way to Riga, Latvia, on September 24th.
The incident happened when the plane flying from Vienna, Austria, was on approach to Riga.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Tarco Airlines flight 3T-400 was hit by a bird in Al-Fashir, Sudan, on September 10th.
The Boeing 737-300 plane was flying from Khartoum, Sudan, when a large bird impacted its nose cone.
The plane continued for a safe landing. There were 108 people aboard at the time; all of them remained unhurt.
Air India flight AI-401 made a safe landing after a bird strike near Kolkata, India, on April 24th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane flying from Delhi, India, was on approach to Kolkata when a bird hit it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All 254 people aboard remained unharmed.
All Nippon Airways flight NH-656 had to reject takeoff from Okayama, Japan, on November 7th.
The Airbus A321-200N plane was accelerating to takeoff for Haneda Airport, Japan, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane safely returned to the apron. All one hundred and ninety-two people aboard remained safe.
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 small hole in the front windshield. The bird actually struck the pilot in the face and ended up on the floor of the helicopter.
The pilot and passengers were not injured. No word on the bird’s condition.
The helicopter was repaired and is back in service. The neurology patient was driven the rest of the way to the hospital.
George’s Point of View
I love birds, but I wish they would stay away from our aircraft.
S7 Airlines flight S7-3515 made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk, Russia, on June 19th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and forty-seven people aboard remained unharmed.
Austrian Airlines flight OS-418 made a safe emergency landing at Vienna International Airport, Schwechat, Austria, on October 1st.
The Airbus A321-200 flying from Paris, France, was about to land when the crew noticed a strong smell of wet cloth or old socks, and donned their oxygen masks.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
