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- noun High-speed impact between an aircraft and a bird or some other animal.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In addition to the unprecedented environmental damage and the resulting massive legal implications the investigation found that an estuary airport did not make sense economically, would not meet the requirements of the aviation industry and presented a significantly higher risk of 'birdstrike' than at any other major airport in the UK.
Kos RSS Feed 2009
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'The windscreen's made of toughened glass to withstand birdstrike.
Second Wind Francis, Dick 1999
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This accident confirms that the dimension of this birdstrike incident was more than the engines could handle.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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The aircraft that splashed into the Hudson River yesterday is unlikely to be the last plane to be downed by a birdstrike, says Paul Marks
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Aircraft and their engines are designed to deal with and survive such birdstrike accidents without losing all power.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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Engines are not supposed to fail due to a birdstrike.
timesofmalta.com 2009
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Sullenberger, who lives in this East Bay suburb of San Francisco, has been lauded nationwide for gliding Flight 1549 to an emergency river landing in New York on Jan. 15 after reporting a birdstrike and loss of power.
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The aircraft that splashed into the Hudson River yesterday is unlikely to be the last plane to be downed by a birdstrike, says Paul Marks
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Turns out that the loud noise captured by the CVR on the PHI S-76++ in that horrible crash in the Louisana swamps almost certainly was a birdstrike after all.
HEADLINES 2009
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It's almost unheard of for both engines to suffer a birdstrike in one incident, and something to celebrate that everyone survived after that happened.
بالاترین 2009
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