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

150 haven't taken required steps

By Sarah Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 10:41 AM CDT

(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)
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.
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, 2009 4:05 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.

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