So, I'm reading USA Today Friday morning and I run into an article about bird strikes.
Birds colliding with aircraft have been big news since a US Airways Jet in January was forced to ditch in the Hudson River after a bird took out two of its engines.
The article claims that, for the first time, the Federal Aviation Administration has released data on bird strikes.
Yet, in May 2003, the York Daily Record published an article, reported by me, about bird strikes that had plagued both HIA and Capital City Airport between 1990 and 2002.
I didn't use the term "first time" in my article. Now, I'm thinking that, maybe, I should have included those two words into my story.
Updated York-area numbers:
Between Jan. 1, 2003,and Dec. 31, 2008, Harrisburg International Airport in
Dauphin County notified the
Federal Aviation Administration that airplanes that took off
from and landed on its run
ways struck 146 animals, according to the FAA's Bird
Strike Database.
During that same time
period, Baltimore Washington
International Airport reported
453 strikes while Capital City
Airport in Fairview Township
reported 10 wildlife collisions.
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