While the number of total strikes rose, the number that damaged the aircraft was below 2000’s record high, the report says.
Annual reports of wildlife strikes in U.S. aviation have increased more than nine-fold since 1990 to a record-high 17,228 reported strikes in 2019, the most recent year for which complete data are available, two U.S. government agencies say in a joint report.
The aviation industry’s success in the post-COVID-19 era will require more information-sharing and improved digital technology, report says.
In August, a Ural Airlines Airbus A321 operating a scheduled domestic flight in Russia was forced to land in a field shortly after takeoff after a double bird strike and…
