{"id":15570,"date":"2021-11-10T10:55:07","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=15570"},"modified":"2021-11-10T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:55:07","slug":"connection-identifying-migratory-patterns-bird-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/connection-identifying-migratory-patterns-bird-strikes\/15570\/","title":{"rendered":"A clear connection: identifying migratory patterns in bird strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have discovered that the risk of bird-plane collisions increases significantly during migratory periods.<\/h2>\n
Bird strikes are random and largely unpredictable events which can have dangerous consequences for aircraft. Although most bird strikes are relatively minor in terms of the damage they cause to aircrafts, large flocks of birds can result in multiple strikes and therefore pose a significant threat to the safety of a plane and its passengers. A notable example of this is the 2009 US Airways Flight 1549, which was navigated to safety in the Hudson River after the aircraft\u2019s engine lost all power following a strike by a flock of birds. To avoid incidents such as these, ongoing research into bird flight patterns, including migration, is of vital importance.<\/p>\n
In an effort to strengthen knowledge surrounding bird migratory patterns and strikes, scientists from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology carried out an analysis of bird strike data from three New York City area airports from 2013 to 2018. The study, led by Cecilia Nilsson, set out to identify patterns in bird strike data and determined that the risk of planes colliding with birds increases by up to 400% during periods of migration. The findings from the study have since been published in the Journal of Applied Ecology<\/em>.<\/p>\n
To discover more about the study and the potential applications for future research and innovations to prevent bird strikes, Innovation News Network <\/i>spoke to Cecilia Nilsson, former Rose Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell Lab and lead author of the study. Cecilia is now a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n