BIRD CONTROL: A
bird hazard control committee meeting was held at the Shorkot Rafiqui airbase with base commander Air Commodore Shoaib Khan which was also attended by police and administration officials from Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Khanewal districts.
The food waste from marriage halls, restaurants, clubs, butcheries and housing societies located along flight path and in sterile zone has created an alarming
bird hazard forcing ICAO to warn airlines of potential
bird hazard on almost all our airfields including Karachi, Multan, Lahore, Peshawar etc.
Almost every airport in Pakistan has been declared red for
bird hazard because of the construction of residential societies, marriage halls and commercial centers by powerful groups whose real estate interests seem to override flight safety hazards.
Planners at Flintshire council have now said a "
bird hazard management plan" needs to be worked on and agreed with Airbus as part of the conditions to approve the development.
SARGODHA -- A
bird hazard control committee meeting was held here at the PAF Base Mushaf presided over by Base Commander Air Commodore Amir Masood.
The Port of Seattle said it has launched the runway management solution RunWize(TM), which includes FODetect[R], automated Foreign Object Debris (FOD) detection and BirdWize(TM), ground level
bird hazard management, developed by Xsight Systems and integrated by prime contractor Leidos (NYSE: LDOS).
KARACHI --
Bird Hazard Control Committee meeting was held at PAF Base Masroor, Karachi.
Previously, bird strikes were considered "an act of God," says Nicholas Carter, a consultant at Birdstrike Control Program, a Texas-based company that creates wildlife and
bird hazard control systems.
"We work around the clock and throughout the year on managing the
bird hazard, from getting the right landscaping right down to the length of the grass around the runway."
He was eventually given permission for the one-acre pond after he drew up a
bird hazard management plan.
Issues of concerns addressed during the hearing included the proposed site modification creating a
bird hazard to air traffic, the potential threat to public safety due to traffic impacts, and a threat to groundwater and surface water (wetlands, streams and rivers) through the discharge of leachate containing hazardous, toxic or carcinogenic substances.