A single engine Cessna 150 plane crashed just about 200 yards off the runway at Mount Pleasant Regional Airport, Charleston County, South Carolina, at about 11:36 a.m. on August 14.
According to Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Ken Glasson, both people aboard the plane died in the crash. They were later identified as the flight instructor Graham Borland, 33, of North Charleston and his student Matthew Gaither, 20, of Johns Island.
The plane was registered in the name of Hanger Aviation Inc. of Johns Island.
The accident is under investigation by the FAA and the NTSB.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1940 suffered a bird strike near Sacramento International Airport, California, on December 6th.
American Airlines flight AA-952 made a safe landing after bird strike in Newark, New Jersey, on September 24th.
Delta Airlines flight DL-589 had to return and make an emergency landing in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 23rd.