Bird strike
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A bird strike is a collision between a flying animal and a moving vehicle. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with highrise buildings, towers and tall structures such as o
F-16 jet fighter after bird strike
A bird control vehicle belonging to Copenhagen Airport Kastrup, equipped with various tools
Inside of a jet engine after a bird strike
View of fan blades of a Pratt & Whitney JT8D jet engine after a bird strike
US Airways Flight 1549
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US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways domestic flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States, that ditched onto the Hudson River sh
Evacuation of the aircraft as it floats on the Hudson River
N106US, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2008
The Hudson River from above the Bronx, with Manhattan in the diagonal center and New Jersey in the distance. The George Washington Bridge is at right, Central Park Reservoir at upper left, and Teterboro Airport at the right center within the elbow of the Overpeck Creek.
First NY Waterway ferry arrives at the crash site