Safety Board Battles Bird Strikes
NTSB Chairman Jim Hall has called for the creation of a ``task force'' to combat bird strikes. Two recent incidents prompted the action: the collision of a USA Jet Douglas DC-9 with a large flock of birds near Kansas City, Mo., on March 4, 1999; and a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757's ingestion of birds...
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