>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 ArticleScavenger 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 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 ArticleCrackers start fire at airport
There was a minor blaze at the Chennai airport on Wednesday when a grass patch caught fire from crackers thrown near the runway to scare away birds. Two flights were affected due to the incident,...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
View ArticleMadhyamgram role model for airport safety
KOLKATA: State home secretary Basudeb Banerjee has asked Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and North Dum Dum, South Dum Dum and New Barrackpore municipalities to emulate Madhyamgram municipality in...
View ArticleScare at airport as animal strays into runway
KOLKATA: A canine was seen on the runway at Kolkata airport on Saturday evening, forcing an Air India flight to abort landing and hover around till the trespasser was chased away. It caused quite a...
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 ArticleSutli bombs prevent bird-hits at Amausi
LUCKNOW: A loud bang at Amausi airport just before an aircraft approaches or takes off from the runway should be nothing to panic about. Alarmed with the large number of birds flying around the tarmac...
View ArticleFire at Lucknow airport runway, eight flights affected
LUCKNOW: Flight operations at Amausi airport came to a halt for nearly half an hour on Saturday afternoon after side strip of runway caught fire. The incident was reported to have occurred because of...
View ArticleJackal trapped at Kochi airport runway
The security officials here on Thursday trapped a jackal that had been playing hide and seek with airport security for the past couple of days. 'The animal was trapped around 9.30 in the morning after...
View ArticleLaxity of ground staff behind increasing accidents at airports apron area
When a private airline shuttle bus ploughed into a parked aircraft at the Kolkata airport last year, it triggered an alarm. While pilots are subjected to intense scrutiny and have to strictly adhere to...
View ArticleDLNR JOINT NEWS RELEASE: Endangered Hawaiian petrels moved to Kilauea Point...
(Source: The Office of the Governor of the State of Hawaii) (Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi, November 3, 2015) A historic project more than 30 years in the making took place on Kauaʻi's north shore on Monday when 10...
View ArticleCollege faculty to carry out study on controlling bird hits
A city college faculty member has come forward to carry out a detailed study on bird activity in and around Tiruchi international airport and suggest scientific measures to control bird hits suffered...
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