Bird Strike Affects Medview Airline Flight

Birds strike on Saturday night forced a Medview Airline to abort a Saudi bound flight at Ilorin airport. In a statement, the airline said the B767 aircraft carrying 222 pilgrims was taxiing for takeoff when it was struck by a brood of birds forcing the pilot to abort the flight. The 222  pilgrims were de […]

Airlines Lose N20 Billion Annually to Bird Strikes

There are indications that Nigerian airlines might be losing as much as N20billion to bird strike annually, as the frequency of such incidents has increased over the years without efforts to curtail them by concerned authorities. Some airlines operators told THISDAY that bird strikes have become very regular that they have to make provisions for […]