Southwest Airlines flight WN-3095 suffered a bird strike near Baltimore, Maryland, on March 17th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane flying from Norfolk, Virginia, was on final approach to Baltimore–Washington International Airport when it hit a flock of geese.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-5894 suffered a bird strike near Nashville, Tennessee, on March 3rd.
The incident happened shortly after the Embraer ERJ-170 plane departed for LaGuardia Airport, New York.
The plane continued to New York for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-2909 had to return and make an emergency landing in Izmir, Turkey, on February 28th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Istanbul, Turkey, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air India flight AI-469 suffered a bird strike near Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, India, on February 22nd.
The incident happened when the Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Raipur, India, was on final approach to Nagpur Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All one hundred and fifty people aboard remained unharmed.
Swiss Global Air Lines flight LX-1660 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on February 20th.
The plane took off for Venice, Italy, but had to turn back after a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-1884 suffered a bird strike near Portland, Oregon, on February 10th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Houston, Texas, was on approach to Portland International Airport.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Comair flight MN-233 had to return and make an emergency landing in Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 8th.
The Boeing 737-400 plane took off for Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
GoAir flight G8-720 had to return and make an emergency landing in Ahmedabad, India, on February 7th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Delhi, India, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and sixty-six people aboard remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-1987 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sacramento, California, on February 4th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Long Beach, California, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely.
All one hundred and fourteen people aboard remained unharmed.
Airblue flight PA-274 had to return and make an emergency landing in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 30th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Croatia Airlines flight OU-4456 had to return and make an emergency landing in Zagreb, Croatia, on January 29th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Brussels, Belgium, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
LATAM Cargo Chile flight UC-1507 suffered a bird strike near Amsterdam, Netherlands, on January 24th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 777-200 freighter plane, flying from Miami, Florida, was on final approach to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
TAP Air Portugal flight TP-1681 had to return and make an emergency landing in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 25th.
The Airbus A319-100 plane took off for Funchal, Portugal, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Air Algerie flight AH-1002 had to return and make an emergency landing in Algiers, Algeria, on January 23rd.
The Airbus A330-200 plane took off for Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Air India flight AI-889 suffered a bird strike near Guwahati International Airport, Guwahati, India, on January 19th.
The incident happened when the Airbus A321-200 plane, flying from Delhi, India, was on approach to Guwahati Airport.
The plane landed safely. All one hundred and sixty people aboard remained unharmed.
LAM – Mozambique Airlines flight TM-153 had to reject takeoff from Nampula, Mozambique, on January 17th.
The Boeing 737-500 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Maputo, Mozambique, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane stopped safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Alaska Airlines flight AS-761 suffered a bird strike near Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah, on January 17th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-900 plane was departing for Seattle, Washington.
The plane continued to Seattle and made an uneventful landing.
British Airways flight BA-964 suffered a bird strike near Hamburg Airport, Germany, on December 31st.
The incident happened when the Airbus A319-100 plane flying from Heathrow Airport, England, was on final approach to Hamburg Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
AirAsia flight AK-10 had to reject takeoff from Chennai, India, on December 22nd.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was accelerating to takeoff for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when the crew rejected takeoff due to a bird strike.
The plane safely returned to the apron.
All one hundred and sixty-eight people aboard remained unharmed.
Turkish Airlines flight TK-1911 had to return and make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 17th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Zurich, Switzerland, but had to turn back due to a bird strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
FedEx Express flight FX-540 suffered a bird strike near Oakland International Airport, California, on December 10th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 767-300 plane flying from Memphis, Tennessee, was on approach to Oakland Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
United Airlines flight UA-255 suffered a bird strike in Spokane, Washington, on December 9th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-900 plane flying from Denver, Colorado, was on approach to Spokane International Airport.
The plane continued for a safe landing.
The plane sustained damage to the tail and wings.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1384 suffered a bird strike near Sacramento Airport, California, on December 4th.
The incident happened shortly after the Airbus A320-200 plane took off for Salt Lake City, Utah.
The plane subsequently returned to Sacramento.
All one hundred and fifty-two passengers and six crew members remained unharmed.
Southwest Airlines flight WN-158 had to return and make an emergency landing in Sacramento, California, on November 29th.
The Boeing 737-700 plane took off for Seattle, Washington, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a bird strike.
The plane landed back safely All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Aeroflot flight SU-42 suffered a bird strike in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on November 29th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane flying from Moscow was on approach to Pulkovo International Airport in Saint Petersburg.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
