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  • A drop in damage as aircraft bird strike reports climb, FAA data show

    A drop in damage as aircraft bird strike reports climb, FAA data show

    Moments after United Flight 1738 took off from O’Hare International Airport on the clear morning of Thursday, June 1, passenger Drew Tewksbury heard a thud. The plane tilted left, then leveled out. Tewksbury, 48, an insurance executive from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, said the plane’s right engine started making the sound of a car driving down […]