Global experts to meet to discuss ways to handle bird-hits

New Delhi: With Indian carriers suffering an estimated loss of about Rs 10 crore in 2011 due to bird-hits, global experts will gather here on Friday to discuss ways to handle the hazard, as also the incidents of runway incursions by stray animals.
"Bird-hits are not the only problem. Wild animals wander into runways and create serious problems for departing and landing aircraft," said Debashish Saha, Joint Secretary of Aeronautical Society of India (ASI), a leading professional body in the field of aeronautics, aviation and aerospace.
Though financial costs of bird-hits or similar incidents are high, the cost in human lives lost due to air crashes caused by such incidents "best illustrate the need for management of the wildlife strike problem," Saha said.
Aviation regulator DGCA has estimated that all Indian carriers suffered a loss of Rs ten crore last year in such incidents which caused damage to aircraft and engines, DGCA's Deputy Director General Lalit Gupta, who is also associated with ASI, said.
18/07/12 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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Categories: airports Jul 2012, Safety Jul 2012