Bird Strike Damage
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Piper PA-28 Warrior struck by an American bittern in Atlantic City, N.J. in October 1999. (FAA)
A goose embedded in the wing of a Mesaba Airlines Saab 340B after it hit a flock at 600 feet during approach to Aberdeen, S.D. on Nov. 8, 2000. (FAA)
Exterior damage to an engine on an MD-11 jetliner from a bird strike during takeoff from Portland, Ore., to Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2001. (FAA)
A wild turkey embedded under the windshield of an Atlantic Coast Airways Bombardier CRJ200 after a double strike during takeoff from Dulles Airport on March 9, 2002. (FAA)
A Israeli Blackhawk helicopter hit by a crane in Israeli airspace in March 2003. (U.S. Air Force)
The nose of a C-130 military transport airplane after colliding with a hawk. (U.S. Air Force)
A bird, upper left, falls away after hitting space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during liftoff of mission STS-114 in July 2005. (NASA)