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Oct 27, 2006 (newstodate): Bird strikes take a heavy toll on civil aviation and pose great threats to flight safety.
Representatives from seven Kazakh airports recently discussed the issues at a seminar devoted to bird strikes and preventive methods to combat the risk.
As one example from this year, a TU-154 from Almaty-based Kazkh airline Sayakhat Airlines on the approach to Simferopol Airport encountered a flock of birds that inflicted heavy damage on the aircraft fuselage.
Every year, CIS airlines report around 80-90 engine losses due to bird strikes, the seminar learned.
ICAO reports around 5,000 cases of bird strikes every year, and Russia stands for about 1,500 of these.
40 percent of the reported cases concern entry of birds into engines, 33 percent inflict damages on the wings, 16 percent cause damages to cockpit windshield, and seven percent damage fuselage skins or structures.
Representatives from seven Kazakh airports recently discussed the issues at a seminar devoted to bird strikes and preventive methods to combat the risk.
As one example from this year, a TU-154 from Almaty-based Kazkh airline Sayakhat Airlines on the approach to Simferopol Airport encountered a flock of birds that inflicted heavy damage on the aircraft fuselage.
Every year, CIS airlines report around 80-90 engine losses due to bird strikes, the seminar learned.
ICAO reports around 5,000 cases of bird strikes every year, and Russia stands for about 1,500 of these.
40 percent of the reported cases concern entry of birds into engines, 33 percent inflict damages on the wings, 16 percent cause damages to cockpit windshield, and seven percent damage fuselage skins or structures.