"Bird-strike" that is "Collision between a bird and an aircraft": this is the technical word used for the accident occurred yesterday at Rome-Ciampino airport, where thousands of starlings were sucked down in the engine and this has provoked the broken of the left landing gear after the impact on the runway (see AVIONEWS). Just to give you an idea: 588 cases in 2006, 18 cases recorded in 2007 at...