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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: Future Tech May Reduce Bird-Plane Collisions


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National Transportation Safety Board personnel inspect on January 23, 2009, the U.S. Airways plane that pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger landed in New York's Hudson River on January 15.

The plane apparently lost power in its engines after colliding with birds—a hazard that may be eased by future plane-based technologies

Photograph by Lee Ross/AP Photo