News tagged with 'Bird Strikes'

Today the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will begin three days of hearings into the increasing likelihood of collisions with birds, which has doubled at 13 major airports over the last decade.  Listen to the hearings live. 

The Federal Aviation Administration is releasing previously withheld data on where and when planes have struck birds and other animals over the last 19 years. JFK International tops the list with 30 accidents among the 89,000 reported nationwide.