Peripheral homing pigeons soared threatening flights taking off and landing at the airport in Urumqi Urumqi | | | pigeons airport _ news
CNS, Wulumuqi, August 11 (reporters Zhang Ge and Wang Wei)-on August 11, a reporter from Urumqi diwopu International Airport got the news that, in recent years, the amount of carrier pigeon soaring trend in Urumqi, pose a threat to normal flights taking off and landing. On May 1 this year, carrier strike aircraft at the Urumqi international airport, after the relevant departments to carry out investigations into the incident, two homing pigeon Association in Urumqi to temporarily stop all pigeons flying activities, and immediately change the homing pigeons to fly routes in the West. By looking after and found that after changing the fly line, homing pigeons across the airport continue to occur.
According to the Urumqi International Airport branch, security clearance bird hazard prevention and control center personnel statistics, May best found with homing pigeons to 415, with only this year, but did not last long, just a few months later, around Urumqi airport to the carrier "comeback", increased sharply. According to statistics, to July flight district found pigeon of number surged to 5,406 only, and activities time more law, in daily 08:00-12:00 Zhijian groups through airport runway central regional, and this segment time also is Urumqi airport out Hong Kong flights peak period, according to statistics peak out Hong Kong Shi about each 2-3 minutes on has a frame aircraft took off, so aircraft very easy and through in the of pigeon occurred collision, caused bird hit aircraft of event.
It is reported that the first four months of the year, Urumqi airport has 6 causes tame pigeons wounded aircraft incidents occurred one after another, pigeon racing's burgeoning airport security impact. 2010 4·14, 2011 7·7 two carrier strike aircraft incidents, and direct economic losses in the millions. According to the relevant personnel at the airport, according to the regulations governing the civil airport article 79th, flying effects of flying birds, and in serious cases may impose a fine of up to 20,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan, but over the years, and none of the main punishments, which also contributed to the airport "pigeon" can not be resolved for a long time an important reason.
According to airport sources, said that at present, through training of homing pigeons has become the number one enemy aircraft. Although the airport has taken a lot of precautionary measures, including the use of bird-scaring car drive birds plant, bird repellent spray, glue, gas gun bird nets, such as driving, which works very well for wild birds protection, but nature is homing pigeons, a variety of preventive measures on the role of carrier pigeons are micro and micro.
In July of this year, the regional work safety supervision Bureau of Urumqi International Airport branch homing pigeons harm prevention and control work in the investigation. Aviation Safety Inspection Department of the Xinjiang airport Group also recommended that the State Government will actively promote the airport obstacle clearance protection legislation, making future pigeon hazard prevention law, the offenders can be held in time, also suggested that the Government be able to "5.1" accident to the carrier pigeon owners to take measures of administrative penalty, in order to deter.
(Original title: recommended punishment of pigeons soar around the Urumqi Airport Airport accident to the carrier pigeon owners)
(Edit: SN182)
19:45 on August 11, 2014 China News Network
