Jammu: Attributing bird hits as one of the major causes of aircraft mishaps, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday asked people not to throw waste in open, which attracts the avian population. "Birds strike is one of the major causes of aircraft accidents. People should not throw waste in open and keep their surroundings clean, so that the birds are not attracted," Wing Commander Amit Singh Gaharwar said at an Aerospace Safety Awareness campaign organised at Chari Saail village in Udhampur district on Monday.
The campaign was aimed at educating the villagers towards cleanliness and hygiene which in turn will help reduce the risk of bird strike to flying aircrafts.
"This not only helps safe flying but will also create a healthy environment of living," Gaharwar added.
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06:45 PM, May 20, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Concerned over the increasing incidents of bird hits, the Airfield Environment Management Committee (AEMC) of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport has decided not to allow the sale of meat and fish in the open in a 10-km radius of the airport. The airport had witnessed six incidents of bird hits in 2011-12 and three in 2012-13 till July, which is far above the normal rate. The Airports Authority of India...
01:01 PM, Aug 11, 2012
London: India's Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis of South Africa are the only players to have amassed 40 Test centuries and former England opener John Edrich believes Alastair Cook has all the tools to join the pair at the top of the batting tree. Cook is only 26 but has accumulated 19 hundreds including a mammoth 294 during the third Test in Birmingham this month as he helped England to... 
