The emergency forced landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on 15 January 2009 after Canada geese were ingested in both engines on the Airbus 320 dramatically demonstrated to the public that bird strikes are a serious aviation safety issue. However, the civil and military aviation communities have long recognized that the threat from aircraft collisions with wildlife (wildlife strikes) is real and increasing. Globally, wildlife strikes have killed more than 229 people and destroyed over 210 aircraft since 1988. Factors that contribute to this increasing threat are growing populations of large birds and increasing air traffic by quieter, turbofan-powered aircraft. This report presents a summary analysis of data from the National Wildlife Strike Database (NWSD) for the 20-year period 1990 through 2009. To supplement the statistical summary of data, a sample of significant wildlife strikes to civil aircraft in the USA during 2009 is also presented to demonstrate the widespread and diverse nature of the problem.


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    Title :

    Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, 1990-2009


    Publication date :

    2011


    Size :

    95 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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