bird strike Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/bird-strike/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://aviospace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/463575282_2477404082464408_3209599391009761950_n-150x150.jpg bird strike Archives - aviospace.org https://aviospace.org/tag/bird-strike/ 32 32 How Common and Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Bangladeshi Aviation? https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/#respond Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:32:44 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17239 On July 21, 2025, a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari neighbourhood  killing 36 people, most of them children. The FT-7BGI aircraft, flown by Flight Lieutenant Md Towkir Islam, went down minutes after taking off from a nearby air base when the pilot lost control during a […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-bangladeshi-aviation/feed/ 0 How Common and Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Pakistani Aviation? https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-pakistani-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-pakistani-aviation/#respond Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:11:57 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=17021 Pakistan sits on the Central Asian Flyway, the migratory corridor that funnels birds between Siberia and South Asia, and that geography collides directly with the country’s busiest runways. Between 2018 and 2022 alone, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recorded 622 bird strike incidents nationwide, an average of well over one every three days, according to […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/how-common-and-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-pakistani-aviation/feed/ 0 How Common And Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in British Aviation? https://aviospace.org/bird-strikes-british-aviation-guide/ https://aviospace.org/bird-strikes-british-aviation-guide/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:51:04 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=16846 The UK’s former Central Science Laboratory estimated that worldwide, bird strikes cost airlines around $1.2 billion annually. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) recorded 1,432 bird strikes across British aviation in 2022, and the agency has tracked a steady rise in reporting since mandatory disclosure began in January 2004. The deadliest confirmed case in recent […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/bird-strikes-british-aviation-guide/feed/ 0 Nearly 100 Aircraft Lost: How Common & Dangerous Are Bird Strikes in Nepalese Aviation? https://aviospace.org/nearly-100-aircraft-lost-how-common-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-nepalese-aviation/ https://aviospace.org/nearly-100-aircraft-lost-how-common-dangerous-are-bird-strikes-in-nepalese-aviation/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:57:21 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=14670 Nepal is home to 871 of the world’s roughly 10,000 bird species, and that extraordinary biodiversity collides with the nation’s demanding aviation environments. Between 1990 and 2023, Nepal lost at least 92 airplanes and helicopters and 817 people in civil aviation accidents attributable to causes including engine failure, weather constraints, and bird strikes, according to […]

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]]> https://aviospace.org/5-famous-bird-strike-events-history/feed/ 1 Bird Strike Prevention: Technologies and Prevention Strategies https://aviospace.org/bird-strike-prevention-technologies-and-prevention-strategies/ https://aviospace.org/bird-strike-prevention-technologies-and-prevention-strategies/#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2024 05:36:02 +0000 https://aviospace.org/?p=5247 Bird strikes, or collisions between birds and aircraft, began when what is now referred to as “mechanical birds” tread upon the space of birds. The deadliest bird strike on a fixed-wing aircraft was recorded on October 4, 1960, and this incident involving a Lockheed L-188 Electra took the lives of 62 passengers on board. In […]

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