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Gulls can be kept in check

16 May 2022 News by Gary Searing

An aviation expert is confident the Dunedin City Council can keep gulls away from its planned landfill south of the city. The hearing on the the council’s Smooth Hill landfill application begins this week and will feature competing experts presenting evidence before independent commissioners in Dunedin over seven days. Questions about consultation, effects on the
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Limited flights but bird, animal strike incidents rose significantly at Indian airports in 2021

27 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Indian airports saw a significant increase in bird and animal strike incidents in 2021, notwithstanding the limited number of flights operating in the country last year due to coronavirus-induced travel restrictions. Bird and animal strike incidents are considered one of the most potent threats to flight operations. In August 2019,
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What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count

23 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,” but 44% were “invasive” starlings RIVERDALE, Maryland––Released on March 22, 2022, the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health
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Hughes 269C Helicopter crash in South Africa

12 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

Date: 12-MAR-2022 Time: Type: Hughes 269C Owner/operator: Helicon Wildife Services Registration: ZS-HED MSN: 111020 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Category: Accident Location: Free State – South Africa Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) Nature: Private Departure airport: Destination airport: Confidence Rating: Little or no information is
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Thai Air Force F16 jet crashes while on training flight, pilot safely ejects

8 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed while on a training flight in the north-eastern province of Chaiyaphum this afternoon (Tuesday), but the pilot managed to eject safely, according to Spokesperson for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Air Vice Marshal Prapas Sornchaidee. He said that a rescue team was immediately sent to
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Pilot dead in plane crash

3 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A aerobatic plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine. The plane went down in a salt marsh near the runway just before 5 p.m. According to St. Johns County Fire Rescue, the pilot was removed from the aircraft and rushed to a hospital for treatment. The
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Multi-Agency Team Tasked To Address Bird Strikes At Airports

9 February 2022 News by Gary Searing

The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has established a multi-agency team to address rising cases of bird strikes at airports across the country. The team comprising Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and County Governments will work with KCCA officials to mitigate the menace which is a threat
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Airlines Face Unexpected Safety Issue in Pandemic: More Bird Strikes

7 February 2022 News by Gary Searing

With drop-off in global travel, birds moved into quiet airports. Now, planes are flying again, creating collision hazard Airlines are contending with an unexpected consequence of the pandemic: a rising rate in bird collisions. Called “bird strikes” in the industry, such collisions are rare, but potentially dangerous. A flock of birds crippled both engines of
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Chaos at Heathrow due to Wildlife

2 January 2022 News by Gary Searing

Bird strike on landing plane leads to several flights circling airport while fox is also spotted darting across runway Flights stopped from landing at Heathrow Airport after a fox entered runway Several planes were reportedly forced to abort landing at Heathrow Airport Crews rushed to British Airways Airbus after reports of a possible bird strike
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The cannons keeping airplanes safe, one chicken at a time

8 December 2021 News by Gary Searing

Birds may be the undisputed masters of the air, but they’ve been at the losing end of airborne collisions since the dawn of aviation in 1905, when pioneer pilot Orville Wright reported the first bird strike.Each year, thousands of birds find themselves too close to an aircraft, are unable to maneuver away and lose their
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