Birds vs. Airplanes

[AuntPeggy]

A few days ago a Jet Blue flight from HPN hit two geese and turned back with the windshield covered in blood.

http://www.nycaviation.com/2012/04/...anding-at-westchester-airport-with-atc-audio/

When the local news reported the incident, they claimed that the most common problem with birdstrikes is with gulls on landing. This was geese on takeoff. Does anyone know which is correct?

 

[Jim Logajan]

i don't know but i always get a kick when i see a headline about how a flock of birds ran into an airliner, instead of the other way around

Well that may not be an incorrect way of describing some of those events - our house windows have taken multiple bird strikes. While our house has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and an attached 2 car garage, I have yet to find any throttle or way to fly it. It is pretty stationary on its foundation when the birds try to fly through the standard size windows.

I have had to dispose of a couple birds who managed to break their necks that way. Have come within maybe fifty feet of birds in planes I was flying; fortunately nothing closer.