what is a bird strike on a plane
A bird strike -- sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) -- is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a manmade vehicle, especially an aircraft. The term is also used for bird deaths resulting from collisions with structures such as power lines, towers and wind turbines (see Bird -- skyscraper collisions and Towerkill).