Category: birdstrike
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American Jet Strikes Birds on Landing – Lots of Blood but Only Avian Casualties
Written by Christine Negroni @ Christine Negroni As bird strikes go, this one had to be a doozy. Late Tuesday night, American Airlines flight 1855 from Chicago to Kansas City flew through birds on approach, about 7 and a half miles from the runway. The pilots declared an emergency and Kansas City airport fire and…