Bald Eagle Hits Airplane, Causes Fatal Crash
Kelsey D. Atherton
at 10:09 AM May 5 2016
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Bald Eagle
Adrian Pingstone, via Wikimedia Commons
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Last month, a small plane crashed near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all four occupants. After an investigation, the culprit was discovered: an immature bald eagle.
The once-endangered birds have caused crashes that injured plane occupants before, but causing fatalities is a first for the large national bird. Ranging in size from 6 to 14 pounds, bald eagles are bigger than many drones people can own.
Drones have yet to collide mid-air with an aircraft. In fact, airplanes haven't just hit more eagles than drones, they've hit more turtles, too.
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