Ahmedabad: In the first four months, thanks to the joint effort of Airport Authority of India, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and forest department, the number of bird hit incidents at the airport has come down.
The airport was labelled as a 'critical airport' in the country due to the bird hits. For the period January to April 2011, the airport witnessed only seven incidents, significantly lower, compared to last year.
The data obtained by DNA reveals that the number of bird hits has declined. But with the monsoon not very far away, the actual challenge for the agency has just begun. The monsoon brings the toughest challenge when birds often park themselves at the runway.
During the rainy season birds often fly low over the runway in search of insects that appear on the vast fields near the airport. The scavenging birds hover about in search of their prey thus posing a danger to aircrafts.
27/05/11 Satish Jha/Daily News & Analysis
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