Wildlife hazards

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Airport Wildlife Management: Mitigating wildlife hazards

24 May 2016 | By Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A.

Anastasios Anagnostopoulos, Head of Wildlife and Landscaping in the Environmental Services Department at Athens International Airport S.A., explains how birdstrikes and wildlife hazard control can be integrated into an airport’s safety management system...

Avian Safe awarded international contracts for airport wildlife consultancy

22 October 2015 | By Avian Safe

Avian Safe has been awarded the contract for Wildlife Hazard Assessment for the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica...

FAA reveals increase in wildlife strike reporting

6 August 2015 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, International Airport Review

According to a report commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), wildlife strike reporting for both commercial and general aviation airports continues to rise.

Preventing the next ‘Miracle on the Hudson’

26 January 2015 | By Dr Nicholas B Carter, World Birdstrike Association

Six years after the miraculous ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, Pharovision and New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) are trialling a new avian infrared detection system. Dr Nicholas Carter of the World Birdstrike Association explains how the system is designed to prevent a repeat of the…

Implementing SMS in airports: Wildlife Management as an exemplar

8 December 2014 | By Dr Nicholas B Carter, World Birdstrike Organisation

When birdstrikes occur the consequences can be disastrous. Dr Nicholas Carter of the World Birdstrike Association explains how an effective safety management system can help mitigate wildlife hazards.

Aviation bird strike prevention experts to gather in Milwaukee

5 August 2013 | By AAAE

2013 Bird Strike North America Conference, 12-15 August, Milwaukee...

Nepal air crash – bird strike may be cause

28 September 2012 | By Institution of Mechanical Engineers

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has responded to suggestions that the Nepal air crash may have been caused by bird strike...

FAA conducts outreach for general aviation airports

8 November 2011 | By FAA

The FAA recently launched a wildlife poster outreach campaign for the general aviation (GA) community...

The industry’s greatest threat?

5 October 2011 | By Andy Baxter, Bird Management Unit, the UK Food and Environment Agency (FERA)

Flight 1549, ‘The miracle on the Hudson’ brought the risks aircraft face from birdstrikes to a worldwide audience. For those involved in managing this risk, it merely re-confirmed the potentially catastrophic consequences such events can have. Birdstrikes are not an uncommon feature of air travel. Thousands of events occur around…

Keeping birds in hand

13 December 2010 | By Nick Yearwood, Chairman of the UK Birdstrike Committee and UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Safety Regulation Group Representative

Modern aircraft engines are designed and built to be resistant to multiple birdstrikes from birds of up to 4.5lb (2kg) in weight. The UK CAA has played a leading role in developing enhanced engine certification requirements and United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)...

The birdstrike risk

16 July 2009 | By Ray Elgy, Head of Aerodrome Standards, UK CAA

From the beginning of aviation history, aircraft have faced the hazard posed by birdstrikes. The first known birdstrike occurred in 19051, from the Wright Brothers diaries, "Orville ... flew 4,751 metres in 4 minutes 45 seconds, four complete circles. Twice passed over fence into Beard's cornfield. Chased flock of birds…

When it comes to birdstrikes, we don’t need to rely on miracles

31 March 2009 | By Dr John Allan, Chairman, International Bird Strike Committee

Following the recent events in New York, Dr John Allan, Chairman of the International Bird Strike Committee, looks at the current risk from birdstrikes and what can be done to control it.

Avian radar systems

30 November 2007 | By Edwin E. Herricks, Center of Excellence in Airport Technology and Gerry Key, Computer Sciences Corporation

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday, Thompson 253! – Thus begins the audio following a slow motion video of a bird/aircraft collision. The mayday is called as flames shoot from the left engine of a Thompson Boeing 757. This bird strike on takeoff rivets our attention for over 6 minutes as the professionalism…

Bird strike prevention – SMS challenge and a green signal

31 July 2007 | By Luit Buurma, Honorary Chairman International Bird Strike Committee

Bird strike prevention is a splendid subject for the appreciation of an airport’s Safety Management System and even indicative for the maturity of its business plan. Airports are open systems by nature and by culture. Birds are free to migrate around the globe but are constrained in their possibilities to…