Bird Strikes
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| 10/04/1960 | Boston, Massachusetts | Eastern AL | During takeoff the aircraft struck a flock of starlings lost three engines and crashed. |
| 11/23/1962 | Ellicott, Maryland | United AL | The aircraft struck a Whistling Swan tearing off the left horizontal stabilizer. |
| 03/24/1968 | Wexford Harbor, Ireland | Air Lingus | Possible bird strike leading to structural damage and crash. |
| 09/15/1988 | Bahar Dar, Ethiopia | Ethiopian AL | Engine failure due to ingestion of 10-16 Columbia Guinea birds causing a crash. |
| 04/18/1990 | Off Panama | Aero Perlas | Crashed on takeoff due to engine failure caused by bird ingestion. |
| 09/22/1995 | Anchorage, Alaska | U.S. Air Force | Flew into a flock of 100 or more Canada Geese, lost two engines, and crashed. |
| 04/19/2000 | Pepo, Congo | Centrafricain Airlines | Crashed after losing its engines after striking birds. |
| 01/15/2009 | New York, New York | US Airways | Ditched in Hudson River after losing both engines after collision with Canadian Geese. |
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