An easyJet flight bound for Edinburgh declared a mid-air emergency on Sunday night following a bird strike during its journey from Geneva.
Bird strike
A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL), Boeing 777-300ER, operating as flight KL877, experienced a severe engine fire shortly after departing from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) for Mumbai (BOM), forcing an emergency U-turn.
A British Airways (BA) flight from Washington, DC (IAD) to London (LHR) made an emergency landing in Boston (BOS) on Saturday after a suspected bird strike and reports of smoke in the cabin.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 experienced an engine fire due to “Rabbit Strike” shortly after departing Denver Airport on Sunday, April 13.
Late Monday night (May 20, 2024), an Emirates (EK) Boeing 777 collided with a flock of flamingos over the Laxmi Nagar area of Pantnagar, Ghatkopar, resulting in the deaths of 36 birds, according to forest officials.
United Airlines (UA) flight destined for Denver (DEN) was compelled to return to the gate at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) due to a bird strike
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provided information that the aircraft encountered a bird strike, resulting in a dent on the nose cone in Phoenix, AZ.
In an unexpected series of events, the bird strikes during take-off resulted in damage to Boeing 737 from two different airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (DAC) in Dhaka.
GREECE- Europe’s largest carrier, Ryanair (FR), flight from Corfu (CFU), Greece, to Milan (MXP), Italy, made an emergency landing back at CFU due to a possible bird strike. Subsequently, the Boeing 737 operated flight experienced engine problems.
The Lucknow-Kolkata Air Asia flight made an emergency landing at the Lucknow airport on Sunday after being struck by a bird before takeoff.