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- Russian 'Sully' lands plane on corn field after bird strike https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/624614-russia-plane-crash-lands-field-after-bird-strike.html 8 comments
- Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes https://news.sky.com/story/headless-dog-sized-robot-to-patrol-alaska-airport-to-prevent-bird-strikes-13104283 47 comments
- Lotus bird strike! http://youtu.be/uFf43Et0v9o 4 comments formula1
- What happens when a bird strikes the engine of an airliner http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ae_1183872776 49 comments reddit.com
- F-16 Bird Strike Video (by Jeremy Zawodny) http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006426.html 4 comments reddit.com
- Those Window Stickers to Prevent Bird Strikes? There’s a Catch. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/climate/bird-window-strikes-stickers.html 6 comments nature
- ‘Apparent bird strike’ hobbles Super Hornet jet https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2021/07/19/apparent-bird-strike-hobbles-super-hornet-jet/ 5 comments navy
- Hawkeye emergency landing after bird strike http://youtu.be/uUpq3EfGAgU?list=UUM03HGdrYWUoKxQvJfpXhsg 5 comments navy
- 'Nuclear attack proof' warplane forced to land after bird strike https://www.9news.com.au/world/doomsday-e6b-mercury-us-navy-plane-forced-to-land-after-bird-strike-military-technology-news/1fc303a6-6cef-4302-acad-6763bc21423c 14 comments nottheonion
- Another IAF MIG 21 crashes, allegedly due to a bird strike https://m.economictimes.com/news/defence/mig-21-bison-fighter-jet-crashes-at-shobhasar-village-near-bikaner/videoshow/68320028.cms 9 comments pakistan
- Nearly 400 migratory birds die from striking Texas skyscraper http://reuters.com/article/idinkbn18206c?il=0 8 comments worldnews
- Newly released footage of a bird strike and crash. Lake worth, Texas https://youtu.be/fMjaVlNsfuo 3 comments military
- Bird strike forces emergency landing for Utah Jazz team plane. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/31/sport/utah-jazz-bird-strike-plane-spt-intl/index.html 3 comments nba
- Federal Judge strikes down Trump administration's rollback of bird conservation law. https://www.audubon.org/news/victory-federal-judge-rules-administrations-bird-killing-policy-illegal 12 comments nature
- Pence's plane forced to return to New Hampshire airport after bird strike https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pence-airplane-iduskcn26e006 14 comments politics
- Migratory birds keep protections as judge strikes down Trump administration rule change https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/08/19/migratory-birds-win-back-protections-court-ruling/3386397001/ 3 comments politics
- Eagles And Mockingbirds Catch A Break As Judge Strikes Down Trump Bird Opinion https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901775768/eagles-and-mockingbirds-catch-a-break-as-judge-strikes-down-trump-bird-opinion 13 comments politics
- Scandal strikes 'Tour de France of pigeon racing' as 11 birds die https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/31/scandal-strikes-tour-de-france-of-pigeon-racing-as-11-birds-die 7 comments nottheonion
- Delta flight returns to Austin airport after striking what may have been birds or a drone, officials say https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/28/us/delta-flight-returns-to-austin/index.html 9 comments nottheonion
- Navy ‘Doomsday’ plane built to withstand nuclear attack grounded after striking single bird https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/10/navy-doomsday-plane-built-to-withstand-nuclear-attack-grounded-after-striking-single-bird/ 21 comments navy
- Russian plane makes emergency landing near Moscow after bird strike https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-airplane-accident/russian-plane-makes-emergency-landing-near-moscow-after-bird-strike-iduskcn1v50e7 19 comments europe
- Larry Bird (60pts) strikes fear into the hearts of the Hawks players with his steady assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZsczWVH-zs 26 comments nba
- Bird strike forces Republic of Korea Air Force to write off $85 million stealth fighter jet https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231201005400315 77 comments worldnews
- New study shows how songbirds’ striking colors put them at risk. Almost 500 additional bird species, most of them living in the tropics, are at risk of future trade based on their unique and desirable coloration https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/964130 3 comments science
- New Dyson bladeless jet engine selected for all electric Airbus A320E — virtually eliminating risk of of bird strikes and danger for ground crews, while also reducing engine complexity and part count by almost 82% https://opposite-lock.com/topic/42367/dyson-does-it-again-amazing 8 comments technology
- For the first time, new research provides a complete chromosome map of the platypus genome. Analysis shows striking similarities between platypus and birds. https://www.inverse.com/science/the-wild-evolutionary-origins-of-the-platypus 7 comments science
- Quoting ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ judge strikes down Trump administration rollback of historic law protecting birds https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/11/quoting-kill-mockingbird-judge-struck-down-trumps-rollback-historic-law-protecting-birds/ 4 comments politics
- Airbus 321 carrying 233 people safely landed in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-airplane-accident/russian-pilots-land-plane-in-cornfield-earn-kremlin-praise-iduskcn1v50e7 6 comments worldnews
- 23 injured when Russian jet make emergency landing in corn field after striking birds https://abcnews.go.com/international/23-injured-russian-jet-make-emergency-landing-corn/story?id=64987115 22 comments worldnews
- Boeing shares rise after report that a bird strike may have caused 737 Max crash https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/boeing-shares-rise-after-report-that-a-bird-strike-may-have-caused-737-max-crash.html 9 comments nottheonion
- Brazil's truck drivers reject concessions as strike goes into eighth day, 300 million litres of milk are thrown away and 64 million birds put down https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/brazilian-truck-drivers-block-port-after-temers-offer-falls-flat 191 comments worldnews
- Birds had to rediscover flight after meteor strike that killed off dinosaurs. The cataclysm 66m years ago not only wiped out Tyrannosaurus rex and ground-dwelling dinosaur species, but also flying birds, detailed survey of fossil record suggests. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/24/birds-had-to-relearn-flight-after-meteor-that-wiped-out-dinosaurs 8 comments worldnews
- Ancestor of all living birds survived asteroid strike because it couldn't fly: The common ancestor of all living birds was a flightless, partridge-like creature which only survived the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs because it lived on the ground, scientists have concluded. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/24/ancestor-living-birds-survived-asteroid-strike-couldnt-fly/ 13 comments worldnews
- [Orioles] Birds strike first! Manny Machado extended his hit streak to 10 games with a solo shot in the 1st, his 4th homer in four games. #Birdland https://twitter.com/orioles/status/988107474178801664 10 comments baseball
- Birds strike aircraft more on their left than right side due to poorer sensitivity to the red navigation lights on that side https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318708723_positive_bias_in_bird_strikes_to_engines_on_left_side_of_aircraft 4 comments science
- Mookie Betts walked off a bowling game with a strike and a Larry Bird no-look celebration http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2017/02/19/216444786/mookie-betts-bowled-six-straight-strikes 24 comments baseball
- A commercial airline pilot with 30 years' experience claims the threat of drones crashing into aircraft is "much ado about nothing". He points out how hundreds of mostly harmless annual bird strikes dwarfs the number of drone sightings made by pilots. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/fear-drones-crashing-into-passenger-planes-much-ado-about-nothing-says-airline-pilot-1515001 271 comments technology
- Over 11,000 birds smashed into airplanes in 2013 alone, and bird strikes in the air have killed at least 255 people since 1988. Now scientists finally think they know why it happens. http://www.vocativ.com/culture/science/birdstrikes-aircrashes-birds-air-disasters/ 1160 comments science
- Domestic cats: "one of the single greatest human-linked threats to wildlife in the nation." More birds and mammals die at the mouths of cats than from automobile strikes, pesticides and poisons, collisions with skyscrapers and windmills and other so-called anthropogenic causes. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/science/that-cuddly-kitty-of-yours-is-a-killer.html 883 comments science
- Lovely: In an effort to not upset air travelers, NASA refuses to disclose air safety survey (twice as many reports of bird strikes, near mid-air collisions) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21420050/ 3 comments reddit.com