I just arrived home and while about to read my email messages saw this interesting report on how a plane crash landed into Hudson River due to bird strike.
WASHINGTON – Airplanes chew up birds all the time but sometimes the birds win.
Flight 1549's pilot reported a "double bird strike" to air traffic controllers moments after taking off, and said he had lost thrust in both engines, said Alex Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Please read the article found at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_in_river_bird_danger
WASHINGTON – Airplanes chew up birds all the time but sometimes the birds win. That may be what happened Thursday in New York when a US Airways Airbus 320 made a crash landing in water shortly after taking off from LaGuardia International Airport.
Flight 1549's pilot reported a "double bird strike" to air traffic controllers moments after taking off, and said he had lost thrust in both engines, said Alex Caldwell, a spokeswoman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Technically, that means the plane had struck — or been struck by — two birds, Caldwell said.
But Air Line Pilots Association safety committee chairman Rory Kay said the pilot's message could easily have meant that the jetliner had ingested birds in both engines or that it had been struck by more than just two birds.
"It's not easy to count birds," Kay noted wryly, when you're taking off or landing and typical speeds can exceed 100 miles per hour.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said, "Bird strikes do happen from time to time."
She said there haven't been many major accidents due to birds strikes, "not in many years — not like this one. ... It's more common in general aviation — smaller aircraft."
Well this might be the reason why local council will not allow bird house to be too closed to the airport.
Beside airport, those who have birdhouse beside schools, universities, mosques, temple, churches, public buildings, political party's offices (PAS is okay), hospitals, prisons be careful. Your investment is at stake if you are not careful.
Can you imagine if you are in Nilai, having a dog as a pet needs a letter of consent from your neighbors. Reported by the start three days ago !!!
Ridiculous but that is how things works in Malaysia. Malaysia boleh !!!
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