Coimbatore: In order to minimise bird-hit incidents and ensure passenger safety, the airport authorities have decided to acquire more Zon guns, a popular bird scaring equipment, to keep birds away from the runway and its vicinity.
The airport authorities had released tenders on September 26 for the supply of three Zon guns. It's a LPG-operated bird-scaring device which produces a loud noise periodically. "We bought three Zon guns last December and the number of bird-hits came down drastically. So, we have decided to order a few more to improve our vigil," said D Paul Manickam, director, Coimbatore International Airport.
Recently, a SpiceJet flight that flew in from Hyderabad, was hit by a bird, suspected to be a vulture, just as it was landing on Saturday. The flight was later grounded for almost 24 hours because its propellers were damaged. This incident comes just three months after a Mumbai-Coimbatore-Chennai Jetlite flight suffered a bird-hit on the cockpit damaging a panel. Five incidents of bird hits have already been reported this year.
25/10/14 Pratiksha Ramkumar/Times of India
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The airport authorities had released tenders on September 26 for the supply of three Zon guns. It's a LPG-operated bird-scaring device which produces a loud noise periodically. "We bought three Zon guns last December and the number of bird-hits came down drastically. So, we have decided to order a few more to improve our vigil," said D Paul Manickam, director, Coimbatore International Airport.
Recently, a SpiceJet flight that flew in from Hyderabad, was hit by a bird, suspected to be a vulture, just as it was landing on Saturday. The flight was later grounded for almost 24 hours because its propellers were damaged. This incident comes just three months after a Mumbai-Coimbatore-Chennai Jetlite flight suffered a bird-hit on the cockpit damaging a panel. Five incidents of bird hits have already been reported this year.
25/10/14 Pratiksha Ramkumar/Times of India
