Review of bird control
A full review of birdcontrol measures at Christchurch Airport is under way.
The review is aimed at establishing what further steps need to be taken to reduce the possibility of bird strikes.
It was prompted by the bird strike that forced an Air New Zealand 747 flight to Melbourne on July 29 to return to the airport.
The chairman of the Christchurch City Council’s airport and electricity committee, Cr Morgan Fahey, said yesterday that a committee was formed after the latest bird strike. The committee of ornithologists and other experts was investigating bird movements and safety round the airfields.
The existing method of bird control at the airport was through controlled cropping, use of insecticides, bird scaring, and shooting. The grassed areas on the airfield were kept at a length to discourage birds alighting and were sprayed to kill insects that might attract birds. Birds about the airfields that might endanger a flight were fired at by Aviation Security staff. Other birds were also shot if they were in the airfield area.
Dr Fahey assured fellow councillors of continuing investigation of the problem.
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