Four dogs captured, plane grounded after bird-hit

Ahmedabad: Four stray dogs were rounded up by an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation team on the airport premises in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, even as another aircraft was grounded after a serious bird-hit early in the morning.
The dogs were rounded up a day after The Times of India reported the narrow escape passengers aboard an Emirates aircraft bound for Sharjah and Dubai had when the plane ran over a dog on the runway.
An AMC squad moved in on Wednesday morning after being called in by the Airports Authority of India. The squad from the 'cattle nuisance control department' chased down and captured four dogs from the runway in a day-long operation.
AAI officials said the influx of dogs increases during the rains as they try to hunt down birds which flock the grasslands around the runway which are full of insects. Insecticides were sprayed all over the grasslands to keep insects, and birds which prey on them, at bay.
Five more birds were found dead on the runway on Wednesday, taking the total number of dead birds in the last two days to 17. A Jet Airways flight, which hit a bird while landing on Wednesday morning, was undergoing repairs till late in the evening. The incident was confirmed by the Jet's airport office.
03/07/08 Himanshu Kaushik/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008, Safety Jul 2008