"Moscow's Sheremetievo airport installs new bird-scaring equipment"

Monday, November 15, 2004

Moscow's Sheremetievo airport installs new bird-scaring equipment
Russia - Itar-Tass


MOSCOW, (Itar-Tass) -- Several sets of the newest bird- scaring equipment
have been installed in the flying field of Moscow's international
Sheremetievo airport in order to ease the risk of air incidents, the
airport's press service said Monday.

To keep birds away from planes during landing and take-off the airport
purchased five bio-acoustic and four mechanical devices. Bio-acoustic
systems (four stationary and one mobile) are capable of imitating alarm
screams of seven bird species.

The problem of preventing air accidents caused by birds' collisions with
aircraft emerged in the early days of the aviation era. Birds sucked into
jet engines cause the biggest damage. Flight security services all over the
world have tried a variety of counter-measures: sirens, pyrotechnics,
scarecrows and even naphthalene on runways. All have had little effect.

"Only complex measures can effectively protect planes during take-off and
landing. The use of advanced technical devices should be combined with a
such measures as grass mowing, insects control, and thorough garbage
collection around airports. Nesting places must be moved elsewhere,"
Sheremetievo specialists said.

The International Civil Aviation Organization registers 5,400 bird-plane
collisions every year.


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