bird strike
Feathered aviation hazard
A bird strike is a collision between a bird and an aircraft, typically during takeoff or landing when planes fly at lower altitudes.
Bird strikes can damage engines, windshields, or other components, occasionally causing crashes.
The term extends to collisions with other flying animals: The pilot reported a bat strike.
Airports employ various deterrents to reduce bird activity near runways.
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- takeoffDeparture or parody
- hazardSource of potential harm
- landingDescent's final moment
- SullyA proper name
aircraft · crack · flock of geese · engine · wing · collision avoidance · emergency landing · goose · migratory patterns · feathers · windshield · flameout · aviation · collision · Hudson River · pilot training · flight crew · blood
- aviation hazardsengine failure, icing, midair collision, pilot error, stall
- bird strikespyrotechnics, wildlife management, gulls, starlings, Canada geese
- Crash InvestigationsNTSB, crash investigation, crash site, crash scene, black box
- Runwaysairport runway, runway lights, landing strip, airstrip, grass strip
- wildlife mortalitymortality rate, die-off, mass die-off, natural death, natural causes
- emergency maneuversemergency landing, crash landing, forced landing, ditching, evasive action
bird strikemechanical failure
Equipment stops working properly
engine failure · structural failure · pilot error · human error · hydraulic failure
bird strikenear miss
Narrowly averted incident
miss · avoidance · close call