Emergencies
A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds, often occurring during takeoff or landing and potentially affecting flight safety.
Quick answer: A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds, often occurring during takeoff or landing and potentially affecting flight safety.
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A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds, often occurring during takeoff or landing and potentially affecting flight safety.
Bird Strike matters because it supports clear communication in Emergencies contexts for Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, and Cabin Crew. It also connects to aviation training and exam language such as ICAO Level 4, ICAO Level 5, ICAO Level 6, and EASA FCL.055.
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Questions and answers
In this glossary, Bird Strike refers to: A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds, often occurring during takeoff or landing and potentially affecting flight safety.
In aviation communication, this term appears in contexts such as: "Tower, we have a bird strike on takeoff roll, suspect damage to engine number one, request immediate return."
Bird Strike matters because it supports clear communication in Emergencies contexts for Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, and Cabin Crew. It also connects to aviation training and exam language such as ICAO Level 4, ICAO Level 5, ICAO Level 6, and EASA FCL.055.
Bird Strike is mainly used by Pilots, Air Traffic Controllers, and Cabin Crew.
In this glossary, Bird Strike is grouped under Emergencies. Related pages in this category explain adjacent procedures, commands and operational concepts.
This definition is sourced from ICAO Doc 9432, FAA PCG and published by Protermify Aviation as a static aviation reference page.
A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds, often occurring during takeoff or landing and potentially affecting flight safety.
Tower, we have a bird strike on takeoff roll, suspect damage to engine number one, request immediate return.
English reference definition
ICAO Doc 9432, FAA PCG
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