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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Coyotes Causing Problems at O'Hare International Airport
The Associated Press


CHICAGO -  Snow. Sleet. Heavy rains. Now officials in Chicago can add
"coyotes" to the list of problems that have held up flights at O'Hare
International Airport.

Airport officials say coyotes caused pilots to abort two landings at O'Hare
last month.

A pilot spotted the critters on a runway on February 25th. When he reported
the animals to air-traffic control, a controller held up the landings of two
planes.

Officials from the US Department of Agriculture manage wildlife at O'Hare.
They went out looking for the coyotes the pilot reported but didn't find
them.

Tony Molinaro of the Federal Aviation Administration says the planes were
allowed to land after a delay of about ten minutes.

The FAA says planes have hit coyotes at Illinois airports 26 times since
1990.

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