Birdstrike on approach to LGA

[Delta777LR]

DL flight 1393 on a flight from BOS-LGA had hit a goose on approach last night as the MD88 has a nasty nose damage but no one got hurt on the flight.


http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/sergair/6a00d8341c730253ef0120a6044f75970c.jpg

[planelove]

I was surprised I didnt see this here earlier...

The picture in the NYP looked nasty..its a big dent
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/feathers_fly_as_bird_dents_la_guardia_tgivsGlOLiy9 QDIw8iOMDN
Additionally interesting to note the flight number (1459) and Sulley is staring soon

[sporky]

Geese have been blamed for several recent collisions with planes. In the most notorious case, they brought down US Airways Flight 1459,

Great proof-reading by the writer/editor.

-Tad

[USAF Pilot 07]

And couldn't they have sent someone out to grab a better picture?

[cancidas]

And couldn't they have sent someone out to grab a better picture?
the airline involved usually has i's mx folks take pix. i've got a bunch saved of older birds strikes. the PA nor the FAA seem to require photographic evidence of the damage, just the particulars on the a/c and flight involved for their reports.