Bird hits at IGI come down

New Delhi Bird-hit cases at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) have reportedly come down over the past four years, with only nine incidents till June this year compared to 67 in 2008.
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has attributed this “steady decline” to several measures it had adopted for keeping birds away from the airport’s periphery.
The airport operator has claimed that techniques such as high-pitch sound blasts and a cleanliness drive in and around IGIA have been gradually showing results — 36 and 34 bird-hits in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
Vehicles mounted with scarecrows and devices that periodically emit high-pitched distress calls patrol the area. They also use acoustic guns that fire high-frequency soundwaves to shoo away birds from the runway.
24/07/12 Srinath Rao/Express India

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Categories: airports Jul 2012