Scavenger birds do BBMP's job, feed on uncleared waste
This could hinder flight movement in northern B'luru: Bird watchers The garbage problem may be bothering the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and citizens at large but scavenger birds like...
View Article>For Tortoise Troubles, Orlando Sanford Airport Chooses Artificial Turf
Airports deter wildlife around runway safety zones with synthetic turf. The product, called AvTurf, is manufactured by Act Global. Austin, Texas (PRWEB) November 19, 2014 When hundreds of burrowing...
View ArticleAirport demands 'avian radar' to curb bird strikes
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View ArticleFire delays flights by 2 hrs
Lucknow: Flight operations at Amausi airport came to a halt for over two hours on Saturday afternoon after side strip of a runway caught fire. The incident was reported to have occurred because of...
View ArticlePlane grounded after crashing into water buffalo on runway in India
A plane has hit a stray buffalo that wandered on to a runway in the western Indian city of Surat. The Boeing 737 was preparing to take off on Thursday night when it collided with the animal, which was...
View ArticleBird bones found in school wall A STAFF REPORTER Perfectly preserved and...
Perfectly preserved and intact skeletal remains of about 25 birds have been found in a more than 177-year-old wall of La Martiniere for Boys. The skeletons were discovered during repairs in the...
View Article10 ways to prevent plane bird strikes
Hardly a week goes by without a plane somewhere in the US making an emergency landing after hitting birds. As these incidents reach record levels, airports are coming up with increasingly imaginative...
View ArticleCrackers, festive lights distract pilots
BHUBANESWAR: Beaming of high intensity lights during festivals and fairs is distracting pilots, who approach the runaway at the Biju Patnaik International Airport from Baramunda. Some pilots have...
View ArticleDay after bird-hit, patrolling intensified on Amausi runway
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow airport authorities increased patrolling around the runway on Saturday, a day after a bird hit an aircraft headed to Delhi with 147 passengers on board. On Friday, the Delhi-bound...
View ArticleOpen-billed storks flock to Raiganj
The Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district, which attracted a record 68,000 birds in 2014, has the most Asian open-billed storks in the country. As per records available...
View ArticleIndia’s first nesting site of white-bellied heron found
A nesting site of the extremely rare white-bellied heron has been discovered in a remote part of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh. It is estimated that there are only 250 white-bellied...
View ArticleOpen dumping of waste near airport attracts birds, hampering flier safety
COIMBATORE: Despite measures that have been taken inside the Coimbatore international airport complex, incidents of bird hits continue to haunt airport officials and passengers alike. Airport...
View ArticleBirds posing threat to aviation safety
The State and Central security agencies have highlighted the increased bird-hit risk over the international airport here as an imminent danger to civil aviation safety. At least five airliners suffered...
View ArticleDGCA directs Raipur airport authorities to control bird activity
RAIPUR: A team of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which inspected the Swami Vivekananda Airport on Monday, a fallout of the incident of a buffalo straying at Surat airport recently, has...
View ArticleAir show: Bird-strike fears rise as pigeon numbers soar
The increase in pigeon population in Bengaluru’s northern part—contributed by a booming construction industry—has raised concerns there will be more bird strikes—collision between birds and...
View ArticleBird-hits on rise at Chennai airport, no tech in place to prevent them
CHENNAI: Three minutes after an Air Austral flight took off from Chennai international airport on December 14, 2013, its pilot returned to the ground. He had radioed air traffic control (ATC) for...
View ArticleAirport seeks nod to catch birds
BHUBANESWAR: Birds flocking to the operational zone of Biju Patnaik International Airport pose a potential danger to flights. The airport authorities have sought permission from chief wildlife warden...
View ArticleWaste near airport ups bird-hit risk
COIMBATORE: The city airport authorities claim that the indiscriminate dumping of waste along the periphery of the airport has been a long-standing problem that has been endangering the safety of air...
View ArticleOrnithologists study bird menace at city airport
BHUBANESWAR: Ornithologists and airport officials on Monday jointly conducted an inspection to take stock of the prevailing bird menace at Biju Patnaik International Airport. Presence of a large number...
View ArticleBuffalo on runway triggers DGCA alarm on 18 airports
NEW DELHI: A SpiceJet aircraft taxiing to take off hitting a buffalo on Surat runway has exposed the harsh reality of Indian airports: they are virtually grazing ground for cattle and their dirty...
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