On a Quest for Safer Skies: Managing the Growing Threat of Wildlife Hazards to Aviation

The images remain indelible: On a chilly January day in 2009, a U.S. Airways Airbus A320 departed from New York’s LaGuardia Airport. About five miles out, flying at 2,000 feet, it collided with a flock of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), severely damaging the plane’s engines. Within minutes of the...

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Main Authors: Keirn, Gail, Cepek, Jonathon, Blackwell, Bradley, DeVaul, Travis L.
Format: Text
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Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2010
Subjects:
Environmental Sciences
Canada
Hudson
Branta canadensis
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/927
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/1924/viewcontent/Keirn_WP_2010_On_a_quest.pdf
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On a Quest for Safer Skies: Managing the Growing Threat of Wildlife Hazards to Aviation
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description The images remain indelible: On a chilly January day in 2009, a U.S. Airways Airbus A320 departed from New York’s LaGuardia Airport. About five miles out, flying at 2,000 feet, it collided with a flock of Canada geese (Branta canadensis), severely damaging the plane’s engines. Within minutes of the collision the pilot safely conducted an emergency landing on the Hudson River. All 155 passengers survived.
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