What happens if a bird flies into a plane engine? The event is called a bird strike. Each year, bird strikes cost US airlines an estimated $1.2 billion. Only part of those costs are from actual ...

Dr May, a senior researcher from the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Trondheim, said the team were keen to test whether mitigation measures could reduce the rate of bird strikes.

Most bird strikes do not cause significant damage. Author and US pilot Patrick Smith says bird carcasses are fired from a chicken-cannon to test the resistance of windshields and intakes.

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