The greatest loss of life directly linked to a bird strike was on October 4 , 1960 , when a Lockheed L-188 Electra , flying from Boston as Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 , flew through a flock of common starlings during take-off , damaging all four engines . The aircraft crashed into Boston harbor shortly after takeoff , with 62 fatalities out of 72 passengers . Subsequently , minimum bird ingestion standards for jet engines were developed by the FAA
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
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