Dogs are one of several efforts to keep birds from colliding with planes.
Eyewitnesses watched as the plane crashed in an enormous fireball just two miles from the end of the runway. The crash ignited 125,000 pounds of jet fuel, sending up a cloud of black smoke that could be seen 30 miles away. All 24 crewmen died that morning of Sept. 23, 1995. At the end of the runway, Air Force investigators found about a dozen dead Canada geese. Migration season was beginning for the birds, each of which can weigh 13 pounds and have a wingspan nearing 4 feet.