Tougher Standards for Bird Ingestion Possible

One question emerging from the investigation of the Jan. 15, 2009 US Airways Airbus A320 ditching into New York's Hudson River is whether jet engines should be required to withstand a collision with a bird the size of a Canada goose. US Airways Flight 1549 suffered a bird strike that shut down both engines...

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