Positioning birds helps reduce aviation accidents

Using satellite data and bird positioning devices is a European-implemented project aimed at reducing aviation accidents caused by birds crashing into planes.

Birds can take down a plane many times its size

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported bird attacks on aircraft that killed at least 231 people and destroyed more than 220 aircraft worldwide from 1988 to the present.

In response to this situation, the European Space Agency (ESA) collaborated with air forces and research institutes in several European countries to implement the FlySafe project .

This project uses weather and environmental data from satellites in orbit and tracks the flight path of each bird thanks to GPS positioning sensor, according to RedOrbit.

All information will be supplemented with local migration data from terrestrial radar stations to improve bird warning systems in countries, to protect aircraft from bird attacks.