{"id":483,"date":"2025-08-09T02:49:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/?p=483"},"modified":"2025-08-09T02:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T02:49:14","slug":"pilot-reacted-emotionally-when-he-realized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Pilot Reacted Emotionally When He Realized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A photo of hundreds of birds appearing to fly near a British Airways airplane was virally shared with an inspiring story. Snopes looked for answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-49.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-49.png 1024w, https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-49-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-49-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A story accurately retells an incident in which a British Airways pilot named Jason had an emotional reaction after he discovered why birds were flying alongside his airplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2024, Snopes received reader mail asking about a story claiming a pilot reacted emotionally after realizing why a flock of birds was flying next to his airplane. The article\u2019s headline from the happiness-life.org website shared by one reader read, \u201cThe pilot\u2019s emotional reaction when he discovered why birds were flying alongside the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-proxy.snopes.com\/width\/600?url=https:\/\/media.snopes.com\/2024\/03\/pilot_plane_birds_headline.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The story featured a striking photo of hundreds of birds appearing to surround a British Airways flight. Such photos might lead some readers to think of bird strikes \u2014 a common aviation incident in which airplanes and birds come into contact with each other. About 90% of bird strikes take place at or near airports, usually during takeoff or landing,&nbsp;according to the&nbsp;Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most famous bird-strike incidents was&nbsp;US Airways Flight 1549&nbsp;\u2014 the flight Capt. Chesley \u201cSully\u201d Sullenberger landed safely in the Hudson River in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snopes looked for answers and found the truth regarding both the viral story and the photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A photo of hundreds of birds appearing to fly near a British Airways airplane was virally shared with an inspiring story. Snopes looked for answers. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/?p=483\" title=\"Pilot Reacted Emotionally When He Realized\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amazing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}