FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

FAA data shows JFK in New York and Sacramento airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday.

Public gets first full look at the FAA’s record of airplanes striking birds, including sites

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has made good on its promise to release for the first time, records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years.

This plan won’t fly: Transportation secretary rejects FAA secrecy on bird-plane collision data

WASHINGTON — The government is opening up its records of tens of thousands of collisions of birds with airplanes, such as the accident that led US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch into the Hudson River.

Transportation secretary rejects FAA plan to keep secret its data on bird-plane collisions

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scrapping a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration that would make secret its data on when and where birds and airplanes collide.

DOT Secretary LaHood to reject FAA plan to keep secret data on bird-plane collisions

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he intends to overrule the Federal Aviation Administration on its plan to keep secret data on where and when collisions between birds and airplanes occur.

Safety board says FAA plan to keep bird strike data secret could hinder safety efforts

WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials who investigate air crashes have told the Federal Aviation Administration they “strongly disagree” with the regulatory agency’s proposal to make secret its data on when and where collisions between birds and airplanes take place.