New York City officials are defending their decision to build a garbage transfer station less than a half-mile from LaGuardia Airport, even though opponents say it will attract birds and endanger airplanes. Read more and watch the video at CBS News
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North Shore Marine Transfer Station
Construction is underway for a garbage facility near La Guardia Airport. The move has residents in the area seeing red. Read more and watch the video at Fox NY
Flight 1549 3D Reconstruction
This animation is based on all currently available data concerning the US Airways Flight 1549 crash landing on the Hudson River after a bird strike. Watch the video at YouTube
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FAA Has Not Effectively Implemented its Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program
A new report regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program. Read the report
Bird Strike Leaves MASSIVE Hole in United Airlines Jet as it Lands at Denver Airport
An unidentified bird smashed into a United Airlines Boeing 737 as it descended into Denver International Airport (DIA) Tuesday morning, leaving a giant gash in the nose of the aircraft. Read more at the Daily Mail
Dana: Dual Engine Failure, Bird Strike May Have Caused Crash
The pilot of the Dana Air plane that crashed in on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board, called the control tower to report dual engine failure shortly before going down. Read more at Business Day
Captain Sullenberger’s Radio Message
Listen to Captain Sullenberger speak out against the marine transfer station. Continue reading
Sully Challenges Mayor on Trash-Station Plan
Mayor Bloomberg once gave a key to the city to Captain “Sully,” the pilot who safely landed a plane crippled by a bird strike in the Hudson River. Now the two men are at odds over a proposed garbage transfer station near Kennedy Airport that Sully argues will attract birds and increase the risk of bird strikes. Watch the video at NBC NY
‘Miracle on Hudson’ pilot Sully attacks Bloomberg’s trash plan near LaGuardia
“Miracle on the Hudson” hero Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has told Metro before how he opposes Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to build a waste-transfer station next to LaGuardia Airport. Read more at Metro.us
Sully Bashes Bloomberg’s Trash-Station Plan Near LGA
“Miracle on the Hudson” hero Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger is taking part in the fight against Bloomberg’s push to build a trash-transfer station near La Guardia Airport that opponents say will attract plane-crashing birds. Read more at the NY Post
Birds and Jets
John Huddy reports about concerns of bird strikes at area airports. Watch the video on MyFoxNY
Capt. “Sully” on Bird Strike and Emergency Landing
CBS News aviation and safety expert Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger talks to Charlie Rose about the emergency landing of a Delta Airlines jet at JFK Airport in New York, due to a bird strike. Read more and watch the video on CBS News
New footage from inside Delta Flight 1063
New video footage has been released from inside Delta Flight 1063, which made an emergency landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday. Read more and see a video on Yahoo News