The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is struggling to avoid the collision of birds with planes. There have been many incidents of Plane Crashes after colliding with Birds.
On Sunday, a bird collided with a PIA flight PK860 coming from Jeddah. “The captain made an emergency landing of a Boeing 777 at the Lahore airport as the plane’s engine number one was badly affected by the bird strike,” sources said. “Eleven incidents of bird collision have come to light at the Lahore Allama Iqbal Airport,” he added.
Sources said that the influx of birds around the runway increases the risk of accidents.
The Civil Aviation Authority administration has decided to deploy 12 bird shooters on the runway during the day and 10 at night to eliminate birds from the Lahore airport.
He advised residents around the airports should dump their garbage in the rubbish bins, while littering attracts birds to the runway and it “is a national responsibility of all of us to keep the airports clean”. At the same time, he said, firecrackers are being fired to scare the birds, which is making significant improvements.
