ANALYSIS: Inside the growing bird strike crisis affecting Nigeria’s aviation sector
Bird strikes are becoming increasingly disruptive to flight operations in Nigeria’s aviation sector, with one recent incident involving an Embraer 190 operated by United Nigeria Airlines as Flight UN0561. The aircraft, which departed Benin for Abuja at about 4:20 p.m. on 16 April, struck birds short...
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