Among international airports in Nigeria, the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos ranks highest with bird strike incidents ...

Authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport are struggling to deter birds from the runway due to hundreds of open garbage spots and food-water sources in the areas surrounding the airport.

According to Balang, as of Jan­uary 2024, Lagos topped other air­ports with bird strike incidents. He explained that in 2025, the highest number of bird strike in­cidents recorded per day at ...

In recent months, it’s been a common occurrence to see headlines about airplane engines catching fire or planes forced to ...

Flight 216 was diverted to Boston after crew members reported a possible bird strike and detected fumes inside the aircraft.

The plane made the emergency landing "after the crew reported a possible bird strike and fumes in the cabin," the FAA said.

UDRI's researchers can perform a wide variety of bird strike and foreign object damage (FOD) impact tests on aircraft structures or aircraft engine components. Projectiles as small as grains of sand ...

A British Airways flight from Washington, DC, to London was forced to make an emergency landing Saturday because of a bird strike that left smoke pouring into the cabin. Flight 216 took off from ...

BOSTON — Expecting a direct trip to London, passengers aboard British Airways Flight 216 instead made an emergency landing in Boston after what the airline described as a "precaution following a ...

A spokesperson for British Airways said that the Boeing 777 was diverted to Boston “as a precaution following a suspected bird strike”. It added that engineers were inspecting the aircraft.