Bird Risk News Today

Have to land light. >> reporter: last years miracle on the hudson flight drove home the bird risk after guess took out both engines. in the first nine months of 2009 reports of bird strikes were up 24% to just over 7200. but that sudden jump is largely because of better reporting. while the guess populatieese po exploding, airports are much safer. >> the threat is growing outside of the airport environment in these strikes that are occurring at 2,000, 3,000 feet. >> reporter: thats what happened...