Planes battered by bird strikes

By Nicky Phillips
November 25 2012 - 3:00am
Is it a bird, is it a plane? ... The number of bird strikes jumped between 2002 and 2011.
Is it a bird, is it a plane? ... The number of bird strikes jumped between 2002 and 2011.

The number of collisions between Australian passenger planes and birds and bats has more than doubled in the past decade, despite airports employing extreme tactics - from fireworks to imitation hawk kites - to avoid the strikes.

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