Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; General Maintenance Action
Airport
On the LENDY Arrival from LGA [VOR]; east of JFK; to [the] south of JFK; to a westbound heading to the Jersey shore descending to 3;000 feet. I flew up the Jersey shoreline at 3;000 feet to an intercept heading to ILS 4R at JFK at 25-30 miles from JFK. I was descended to 2;000 feet on base to final at approximately 25 miles out. At 2;000 feet; flaps 2; 160 knots; on localizer; prior to GS intercept and approximately 10 to 8 miles from the runway; we struck the first bird on the Captain's L1 window near the center post. A quick check of the engines indicated no abnormal condition. Within one minute we struck the second bird at 2;000 feet with a loud bang from the front of the aircraft; but could not see the strike. The engines; again checked normal. We notified the JFK control tower to warn the aircraft behind us. I continued the approach for an uneventful flaps 3 landing at JFK on 4R. I called JFK tower on the phone after gate arrival to relay there was no apparent damage to the aircraft; but we had two bird strikes. One on the Captain's L1 window and one on the radome at the 1 to 2 o'clock position; under the R1 window. JFK tower told me 5 aircraft after me were involved in bird strikes on the same ILS 4R approach. I recommended that the tower ask approach to bring aircraft in at 3;000 feet to glide slope intercept in an attempt to miss the flock(s) of birds on runway 4R at the lower 2;000 feet. JFK was landing both 4L and 4R. JFK [Company Ops] inspected the aircraft.
An Airbus flight crew reported a double bird strike while conducting a night approach. There was no apparent damage to either engine or the airframe and an uneventful landing was accomplished.