So after they hit these birds... what happened? Where is that info?
It looks like some planes have had multiple strikes... For example B-HUP (a Cathay Pacific 747-400) struck wildlife twice in 2 years.
N930UA had 23! http://www.socrata.com/dataset/Strikes-on-N930UA/zise-kuig
I remember hearing that the FAA was releasing this data and thinking it had to be a short list. But, wow, it's not!
Seems like an awful lot of crows and kestrels get hit. Also a couple of alligators. Alligators?
There were also 1189 strikes against killdeer: http://www.socrata.com/dataset/Strikes-against-Killdeer/nhaq-cvrw A bunch of them were also hit during the "Climb" phase of the flight. How does one hit deer once you're off the ground? Or are there flying deer as well?
In Florida they have those big alligators with wings.
Yeah, lots of skunks too!
I wonder how they even know what kind of bird it is most of the time; you'd think at the speeds they are moving it would be pretty hard to identify a red-tailed hawk from some other kind.
I'd love to see some aggregate numbers based on how many of each type of animal have been struck over time.
Or airport - to find out which airports have the highest strikes.
Yeah -- based on the description though, it doesn't seem like airport reporting is uniform: Current research indicates that only about 20% of strikes are reported. Wildlife strike reporting is not uniform as some organizations have more robust voluntary reporting procedures. Because of variations in reporting, users are cautioned that the comparisons between individual airports or airlines may be misleading.
This is a great dataset, but it seems like it would benefit by geocoding it.
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Do they do DNA tests to identify the species?
Because I'm thinking the birds are not always available for questioning after.