Jet engines are incredibly powerful, complex pieces of precision engineering, running at the finest of tolerances; bird ...

He says bird strikes aren’t uncommon ... Tuck says the engine itself will go through thorough testing before getting certified as airworthy and installed in another plane.

Bird strike rates vary between country but in recent ... then the engine fails the test,” Dr Downer wrote of tests involving chickens, with stricter performance rules applied when smaller ...

Flying is an extrely safe way to travel, and the industry keeps getting better at addressing hazards like bird strikes, ...

The exact cause of the Jeju Air crash remains unclear, and the investigation is complicated because the black boxes stopped ...

The apparent absence of landing gear, the timing of the twin-engine Boeing 737-800's belly-landing at Muan International Airport and the reports of a possible bird strike all raised questions that ...