Tjeld flyr høyt, står det å lese - NRK

Kan godt være rekord for arten. Allikevel bare småtteri mot det høyeste møte med fugl jeg har lest om. (Red.)

Denne tjelden fløy i fem kilometers høyde

En tjeld som ble registrert mens den fløy i fem kilometers høyde, er trolig den høyeste registreringen som er gjort av arten, ifølge forsker.

Foto: Project Chirp 

On May 19, 2014 Atlas Air flight GTI8665, a 767-300 freighter, reported a bird strike at FL400 over Indiana. They were unable to tell what type of bird it was but the pilots reported that there were guts on the windshield. The windshield was broken and the aircraft was diverted.

Pilot: Center Giant 8665 Heavy
Controller: Giant 8665 go
Pilot: Believe it or not we just had a bird strike up here [...] left windshield, we're okay
Controller: Giant 8665 do you need any assistance there then?
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Another flight: What altitude was that bird strike?
Controller: That was Flight Level 4-0-0
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Controller: If you had to guess was it just one bird there, did you see any other birds in the vicinity of that hit?
Pilot: To the best of my knowledge it was a single bird sir, we do have guts on the windshield and the outer paint is cracked...
Controller: ... Definitely an anomaly I think [...] 4-0-0
Pilot: Yeah 4-0-0 he may have been on oxygen I dunno
ATC Recording