College 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...
View ArticleSave-heron effort at meet OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT White-bellied heron...
Guwahati, Nov. 29: Conservation experts from all across the world are converging in Guwahati for three days from December 2 to chart out the first ever strategy for the critically endangered...
View ArticleScavenger birds at receiving end of improper waste disposal
Coimbatore: Improper waste disposal methods have a devastating impact on scavenger birds. Many of these birds get hurt and some even die. Forest officials are hoping to tackle this problem by charting...
View ArticleThis is the major reason why flights are delayed in UAE
Foxes, flying foxes and birds - these are some of the wildlife that fly or walk near airplane runways around the world, creating potential safety risks for pilots and passengers. Chris Perry, a...
View ArticleNow, dogs too add to flight delays at Chennai Airport
A dog was spotted near the runway of the Chennai airport causing a few flight delays and forcing a cargo aircraft to take a roundabout route on Wednesday. Last year, a wild boar had entered the airport...
View ArticleScavenger birds suffer due to improper disposal of garbage
Coimbatore: Improper waste disposal methods have a devastating impact on scavenger birds. Many of these birds get hurt and some even die. Forest officials are hoping to tackle this problem by charting...
View ArticleCampaign to save flights from bird hits
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an attempt to curb the waste menace on the airport premises, the airport authority on Saturday conducted an awareness campaign, 'Keep our City Clean, Save airport from bird...
View ArticleBird-hit fears loom over city airport
AHMEDABAD: With the onset of monsoon, birds have been returning to the city airport in large numbers, increasing the risk of bird-hits. In second half of June, Airports Authority of India (AAI)...
View ArticleWhen bird-scaring can be serious, life-saving business
Sohail Sayed scaring away birds with sound bombs at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Hemant Padalkar dna Fliers to...
View ArticleAnimals' constant battle against firecracker enthusiasts
As the city gears up to celebrate the festival of lights, animal activists have once again raised an alarm over the rising pollution and high decibel levels due to the bursting of fire crackers during...
View ArticleNew 'dogged' approach to airport safety
Christchurch Airport's newest employee comes with her own water bowl and a kennel to sleep in. Border collie puppy Jet will soon join the ranks at Christchurch Airport, working to scare birds away from...
View ArticleSnowy owl at Reagan National Airport may have taken off
WASHINGTON • A snowy owl that spent the holidays at Reagan National Airport may have moved on with the new year. After a night of reveling and nearby fireworks displays, airport officials reported that...
View ArticleDouble bird hit delay’s international flight by 18 hours
COIMBATORE: The city's international airport witnessed its first major bird hit in the last six months. A double bird hit on the Air Arabia flight that landed in the city early Monday morning, led to...
View Article‘Sand mining in Ganga could be killing rare turtles’
DEHRADUN: Turtle species introduced in the Ganga 10 years ago to clean the river waters are now almost entirely gone, scientists say. The freshwater turtle species, Chitra Indica and Nilsonia...
View ArticleWaste near airport ups bird-hit risk
Mohali: Open dumping of waste in nearby Jagtapura has been drawing birds to the new international airport, heightening the risk of bird-hits and giving headaches to the authorities. On Tuesday, a Jet...
View ArticleACCIONA carries out a program for the protection of threatened birds of prey...
(Source: Acciona SA) ACCIONA has introduced a selective feeding system that provides an additional (and secure) source of food for species such as the red kite. ACCIONA has created, together with the...
View ArticleRabbit most likely animal to come in way of landing plane: DGCA
BAREILLY: Rabbits may appear to be tiny, furry and cute, but are, surprisingly, a big risk to flights that have just touched the tarmac. In response to a Right to Information (RTI) query, the...
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 ArticleAirports warned over animal incursions
NEW DELHI: With animal incursions endangering the lives of travellers at some airports, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has belatedly cracked the whip. After completing an audit of 20...
View ArticleUltrasonic what? We scare crows with firecrackers
Peer through the window as your plane readies to take off from Chennai airport, and you may see a man setting off fireworks at the far end of the runway. Worry not, for he is scaring away birds to...
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