but Spurs presents what happens when
birds hit an airplane a damaging bird
strike in many cases bird strikes occur
when the plane is taking off or its
landing this is when the plane is flying
at a low altitude this bird hit the nose
of the plane killing the bird instantly
and doing some damage to the plane as
well the woman in the photo seems
shocked by what she's seeing bird
strikes occur more often during certain
months most of the bird strikes that do
occur are between July and October this
is the time of the year when the weather
is the warmest and there are the most
birds in the sky when the weather starts
to get cold most of the birds stay close
to the ground out of harm's way you can
see in this photo where the bird hit and
damaged the nose of the plane
fortunately the bird fell from the plane
before it landed there wasn't a body for
the crew to scrape off multiple strikes
it's not uncommon for a flock of birds
to hit a plane the damage that's caused
is much more severe than if just one
bird had hit the plane in this photo you
can see hundreds of birds involved in
the strike this can cause damage to
various areas of the plane as well as
the plane's engines and other important
mechanics the remains of the bird when a
plane is struck by a bird and the
remains of the bird are left on the
plane it's not called the remains it's
also not called the body the remains of
a bird after a plane striker called
snark
in most cases the starch won't even
resemble a bird an airplane can do so
much damage to the bird's body that all
that would be left is blood and maybe a
couple of feathers this is a photo of
snart left on a plane after a bird
strike so what happens to the starch
afterwards
you ever wondered what happens when
birds hit an airplane left of the bird
strike the starch is not removed and
disposed of by the airline it's actually
sent to a forensic Center so that the
species of bird can be determined in
some cases the researchers are just
given a feather and it's up to them to
determine what type of bird was hit in
other cases they must sift through a
gory combination of innards and
looms the photo of this Norwich is
gruesome however it still needs to be
studied and identified birds aren't the
only creatures to strike planes while
bird strikes are of course the most
common it's not uncommon for other
animals to be struck by planes larger
animals can be struck causing severe
damage to the plane that can result in
major malfunctions in this photo you can
see what looks like the body of a deer
coming out at the bottom of the plane if
the plane is at a low enough altitude
and there's an animal nearby it can
still be hit deer and coyotes over the
last several years civil aircrafts have
experienced over 440 collisions with
coyotes if that weren't enough they also
experienced over a thousand collisions
with deer these animals were on the
ground when the planes were either
taking off or landing like birds the
remains of these animals must be removed
from the plane and sent to a forensic
lab to determine the type of animal that
was struck bird strikes are not a recent
aviation problem over the past several
years we've been hearing more and more
about bird strikes in the news this does
not mean though that bird strikes are a
new problem in fact the very first
recorded bird strike was back in 1905
the pilot in the plane that was involved
in the first bird strike was Orville
Wright after the duo who invented the
original airplane a deadly bird strike
birds are not the only ones who perish
during a bird strike in 1988 pigeons hit
both of the engines on a plane when it
was taking off the engines failed and
the plane crashed
sadly all 35 passengers on board were
killed
the most common birds involved in bird
strikes while fusions are often the
birds involved in bird strikes they are
not the most common Eagles and gull are
the birds that are the most often
involved in bird strikes North American
bird strikes in North America bird
strikes are on the rise this is due to
the dramatically rising population of
birds in the area with all the birds in
the sky it's becoming easier and easier
for them to get in the way of a plane
what's being done about bird strikes due
to the growing bird population there
isn't much that can be done to stop bird
strikes there are however certain
preventative measures that pilots and
air traffic controllers are learning
to avoid catastrophic results of a plane
as hit the problem is more common than
you think every day there is at least
one bird strike that results in one or
more flights being delayed it happens in
all areas of the world fortunately most
of these strikes don't result in deadly
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