UI professor's mission: To track wildlife, avert plane crashes

When wild things and jet airplanes share the same space, there's a danger that both can be damaged. A Jan. 15 emergency landing by a US Airways pilot of an airliner on the Hudson River, with all 155 passengers safe, is one of the happy endings.

A University of Illinois professor's research could help keep those happy landings coming.

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