Pilots’ actions after that strike are an early focus of the investigation, according to people familiar with the probe.

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

The pilot of a Royal Air Force Typhoon has landed safely after an unusual incident saw the jet’s canopy jettisoned over the ...

Terrified passengers watched flames pouring from a plane engine following a bird strike in Saudi Arabia. The Airbus A320 ...

The F35 aircraft was flying over north Wales when it suffered a bird strike before the pilot decided ... The collision reportedly resulted in damage to the front of the jet, but an RAF ...

A top 13 aircraft issues concerning passengers are explained - including airline mode which has nothing to do with cockpit ...

but the aircraft "made an emergency declaration (Mayday x 3) for a bird strike during a go-around." Bird strikes that cause damage to both engines are rare, though there have been successful cases of ...

"Bird strikes are common," according to Alex Blanchard. "They just don't cause damage because a lot of the birds that are hit by our aircraft are the smaller birds." Blanchard runs the Air Ops ...

with many noting that landing gear failure only happens in case of ‘catastrophic structural damage’. Investigators are currently examining bird strikes and weather conditions as possible ...