In most recent report, FAA says record number of aircraft struck birds and other wildlife.
The number of wildlife strikes reported to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 2015 was 13,795, a new record, according to data in Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States 1990–2015, published late last year. The “Wildlife Strike Report as it is know is issued annually by FAA in conjunction with the Wildlife Services program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The report has been published annually since 1995.
Wildlife Issues, Threat Analysis
Study says birds’ vision may be less sensitive to red navigation lights.
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A small, single-engine general aviation airplane that originally was suspected to have collided with a…
The number and rate of reported bird strikes involving Australia’s high capacity air transport aircraft…
