The effect of bird strike depends on many factors including the type of aircraft. Outcomes may include shutting down an engine, as may have happened with the Virgin Australia flight. This plane ...

An IndiGo flight carrying 227 passengers was forced to declare a mid-air emergency after its nose cone was torn apart. ...

and fire on the cargo plane was contained to the engine, Valens said.Audio recorded by LiveATC captured a person calmly saying the aircraft needed to "shut down for a possible bird strike ...