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One in 3 Airports Hasn't Studied Bird-Strike Risk: FAA

150 haven't taken required steps

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(Newser) – A third of US airports haven't completed a mandated study of their bird-strike risk, USA Today reports. "This problem has been ignored and shuffled to the side by the aviation community," said an airport wildlife-control expert. The 150 airports won't be named until the FAA has contacted each one. The study is the first step in the process of creating a plan to safeguard an airport's planes from wildlife.

Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from a US Airways plane that went down in the Hudson River in New York on Jan. 15, 2009.
Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from a US Airways plane that went down in the Hudson River in New York on Jan. 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, FILE)
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Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III, pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 that crashed into the Hudson River, appears on CBS's "The Early Show" on Feb. 9, 2009.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
A flock of birds takes flight along with a small plane near the airport in Canandaigua, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 2006.
A flock of birds takes flight along with a small plane near the airport in Canandaigua, N.Y., on Aug. 5, 2006.   (AP Photo/The Daily Messenger, Vasiliy Baziuk, File)
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RobN
Jun 5, 09 11:05 AM CDT
Airports aren't required by the FAA to report actual birdstrikes. Maybe that would be a good place to start if you really want to know how widespread the problem is. Reply
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