RAT FILE 0009 · GOVERNMENT
The FAA runs a public wildlife-hazard program and points people at a Wildlife Strike Database. The page states that wildlife-aircraft strikes have killed hundreds of people worldwide over the past century and caused billions of dollars in damage. A report covering U.S. civil aircraft, 1990–2025, is listed as added 4 August 2026. The rat did not open the PDF, so it will not quote a strike count from inside it.
THE RAT WILL NOT: No invented strike totals. No staff phone numbers copied off the page.
The FAA wildlife page says strikes have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives worldwide and billions of dollars in aircraft damage, and that the FAA maintains a program against wildlife hazards.
During the past century, wildlife-aircraft strikes have resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives worldwide, as well as billions of dollars in aircraft damage.
FAA · Government page · retrieved 2026-10-04
The same page links 'FAA's Wildlife Strike Database' with the line 'Report a strike or explore the available strike data,' and lists a 1990–2025 report added 8/4/2026.
Wildlife Strikes to Civil Aircraft in the United States, 1990 - 2025 (Added 8/4/2026)
FAA · Government page · retrieved 2026-10-04
https://wildlife.faa.gov/ responded on 2026-10-04 with the title FAA Wildlife Strike Database. Little body text came back, so the rat treats the database UI as a public door, not as a table it already read.
FAA database · Government app · retrieved 2026-10-04
Any specific species ranking or dollar total inside the 2025 report. Not opened.
Gap · Gap · retrieved 2026-10-04
A serious safety system that is also an extremely strange public diary: the sky, itemized. Funny because it is birds versus aluminum. Not a joke to the people on the plane. The rat can hold both.