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Bird hazard: laser-like focus on flock pit woes

5 September 2015 News by Gary Searing

Green lasers usually associated with thoughtless attacks on aircraft may be put to beneficial use by Australian airports as a way of controlling bird and wildlife hazards around runways. Brisbane Airport is talking with police and regulators about using the lasers to disrupt the flight paths of birds. The technique has been successfully adopted overseas
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Flight risks

30 August 2015 News by Gary Searing

As an air traffic controller in the 1990s, I had to close down the airport due to bird activity Aug 30, 2015- On October 9, 1996, a Thai Airways Flight 312 bound for Bangkok narrowly escaped a major mishap when it slammed into a group of vultures during take-off from Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). The
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Moroccan air force Mirage F1 crashes after bird strike

19 August 2015 News by Gary Searing

Rabat – A Moroccan air force Mirage F1 crashed in the northeast of the country Monday after hitting a flock of birds but the pilot managed to eject safely, a report citing the armed forces said. The plane, which was on a training mission, came down near the Sidi Slimane air base and the pilot
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Pilot makes dramatic landing after buzzard smashes through cockp[it at 1000 ft AGL

19 August 2015 News by Gary Searing

A pilot had a lucky escape when his plane had a mid-air collision with a huge bird of prey, forcing him into a dramatic landing Qualified pilot Simon Edwards was undergoing mandatory training, under the supervision of instructor Ian Weston, when the buzzard crashed into the single-engined aircraft at Linley Hill Airfield near Beverley, East
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FAA Bird Strike Requirements for Transport Category Airplanes

18 July 2015 News by Gary Searing

The FAA is soliciting public comment on the need for, and the possible scope of, changes to the bird strike certification requirements for transport category airplanes. There is no specific regulatory action being proposed at this time. The purpose is simply to gather comments from airplane manufacturers and other interested parties on this subject. Because
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Will Toronto have Canada’s riskiest airport?

9 July 2015 News by Gary Searing

The Island airport is one of only two in the country framed by water, making it subject to a unique set of hazards that are further complicated by its proposed expansion, says the Greater Waterfront Coalition. Will Toronto have Canada's riskiest airport? The Island airport is one of only two in the country framed by
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Drones plan to cut aircraft bird strikes

14 May 2015 News by Gary Searing

FLOCKS of drones could be used to drive birds from airports to significantly cut the number of potentially-catastrophic collisions with aircraft, Airbus revealed today. The idea is among shortlisted entries to a competition organised by the plane maker for the future of flight. The drones plan would involve birds being guided away from airports, a
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No fly zone at helicopter crash bird reserve

2 April 2015 News by Gary Searing

The nature reserve where the crew of an RAF Lakenheath helicopter died after a bird strike last year becomes a ‘no fly zone’ from today. The crash in January 2014 killed four air crew in a Pave Hawk helicopter of the 56th Rescue Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing and a USAF investigation concluded last July it
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Bird Controllers

1 April 2015 News by Gary Searing

CFB TRENTON — Jason Botting and his colleagues provide an unusual type of security force that took wing here more than 15 years ago. Like dogs that sniff out contraband in customs halls at international airports, falcons scare off gulls and other birds that can be hazardous for military aircraft in the critical moments of
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Haneda’s ¥1 bil. bird strike prevention system a failure

12 January 2015 News by Gary Searing

The Yomiuri Shimbun A ¥1 billion radar-equipped system set up by the transport ministry as a “surefire” way to prevent bird strikes at Haneda Airport in Tokyo is doing little to achieve its intended aim, it has been found. The inability of its radar and cameras to detect birds in flight is a major problem.
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