Airline Pilots, EASA Working To Combat Bird-Impact Hazards

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US Airways Flight 1549—which demonstrated that birds and aluminum are a dangerous mix—is galvanizing efforts to combat a key menace to aviation. The Jan. 15 accident—in which Canada geese shut down the Airbus A320-200’s two CFM56 engines, causing the pilot to ditch the aircraft in the Hudson River...

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