Jan 27, 2009

Airports will be testing a new system


After the events of the past week when the pilot of the plane had to stop the plane in the middle of the river after the birds destroyed the engine, some airports will be testing a new system that could finally solve the situation for good!

A handful of U.S. airports will soon begin testing experimental radar systems designed to track flocks of birds.

Aviation officials hope the systems might help pilots avoid the type of collision believed to have crippled a US Airways jet over the Bronx.

Flight 1549 landed safely in the Hudson River Jan. 15 after colliding with birds 90 seconds after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.