tagged w/ Bird Strikes
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A SAS Norway Boeing 737-700, with 134 passengers, had to return to Gardermoen Airport after the airspeed indicators started to disagree shortly after takeoff. The airplane landed safely about 35 minutes after departure.
Mechanics found a bumble-bee had struck and embedded itsself into one of the pitot tubes of the airplane after takeoff, effectively blocking that dynamic port of the pitot system.
Maybe we should kill everything that can fly...A SAS Norway Boeing 737-700, with 134 passengers, had to return to Gardermoen Airport... more
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The United States Department of Transportation decided, that bird strike reports will be mandatory in the future. At the same time the data base about bird strikes will be published and remains in public despite proposals by the FAA to restrict access to the data.The United States Department of Transportation decided, that bird strike reports will... more
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