Bird Hitting: DGCA issued guidelines to avoid bird hitting, airport authority will have to do this work

Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday issued guidelines to investigate incidents of aircraft colliding with birds and other animals at airports. This includes conducting regular patrols in random patterns and informing pilots whenever there is any wildlife related activity etc.

Let us tell you that during the last few weeks there have been many incidents of birds colliding with planes in the country. On August 4, a Go First flight bound for Chandigarh was hit by a bird and it was returned to Ahmedabad.

Earlier on June 19, soon after taking off from Patna airport, an engine of a Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane carrying 185 passengers caught fire and the plane made an emergency landing a few minutes later. During the investigation, it was revealed that the engine had malfunctioned due to the collision of the bird.

In a circular issued on Saturday, the DGCA has asked all airport operators to review their wildlife risk management program to identify gaps to avoid bird hitting and ensure strict implementation of safety around the aerodrome.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the country’s airport operators to assess the risks to wildlife and rank them according to the damage they cause to aircraft. The DGCA has said that airports should have a process to monitor and record data on movement of wildlife.

The guidelines issued by the DGCA state that airports should have a process to notify pilots of aircraft in the event of any significant wildlife concentration or activity in that area. The DGCA has stated that regular patrolling is a core element of the wildlife risk management programme. It should be done on the basis of random pattern.

The DGCA has directed the airport operators to prepare and forward monthly action taken reports on the implementation of the Wildlife Risk Management Program and also provide the data of incidents of ‘bird hitting’ in that month by the 7th of every month.

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Aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday issued guidelines to investigate incidents of aircraft colliding with birds and other animals at airports. This includes conducting regular patrols in random patterns and informing pilots whenever there is any wildlife related activity etc.

Let us tell you that during the last few weeks there have been many incidents of birds colliding with planes in the country. On August 4, a Go First flight bound for Chandigarh was hit by a bird and it was returned to Ahmedabad.

Earlier on June 19, soon after taking off from Patna airport, an engine of a Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane carrying 185 passengers caught fire and the plane made an emergency landing a few minutes later. During the investigation, it was revealed that the engine had malfunctioned due to the collision of the bird.

In a circular issued on Saturday, the DGCA has asked all airport operators to review their wildlife risk management program to identify gaps to avoid bird hitting and ensure strict implementation of safety around the aerodrome.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked the country’s airport operators to assess the risks to wildlife and rank them according to the damage they cause to aircraft. The DGCA has said that airports should have a process to monitor and record data on movement of wildlife.

The guidelines issued by the DGCA state that airports should have a process to notify pilots of aircraft in the event of any significant wildlife concentration or activity in that area. The DGCA has stated that regular patrolling is a core element of the wildlife risk management programme. It should be done on the basis of random pattern.

The DGCA has directed the airport operators to prepare and forward monthly action taken reports on the implementation of the Wildlife Risk Management Program and also provide the data of incidents of ‘bird hitting’ in that month by the 7th of every month.