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BIRD MENACE CONTROL

bird Birds on the airport and in the vicinity are potential hazard to aircraft. Bird strikes were of minor risk in the past as there were fewer aircraft flying at relatively low speed. The advancement in the field of aviation with high speed and reduced noise level aircraft has left little room for birds to sense and avoid. Birds strikes particularly in critical stage of flight i.e. during take off and landing is generally unavoidable due to limited maneuverability option available with the pilot.

Birds activity around airports is due to bird attraction sites, such as, Butcheries, Slaughter houses, Poultry forms, Marriage halls, Open air restaurants, Tannery, Fish drying areas, Cattle Yards, stagnant water, rain water, drain (filled with wild growth & dirty water) and garbage (refusal) dumps. CAA is therefore, cannot shoulder the responsibilities of commissions and omissions of other.

Civil Aviation Authority is continuously adopting measures to reduce bird activity on or in the vicinity of airports by discouraging development of garbage dumps and other bird attraction related activities. The actions of CAA to combat bird strike hazards are covered under national legislation namely the aircraft removal of danger to Safety Ordinance 1965 and Civil Aviation Rules 71 and 103 of 1994. These are enforced through Airport Managers.

CAA Pakistan role as the air navigation service provider requires us to ensure that our air traffic control procedures adhere to noise operating restrictions and noise abatement procedures at major international airports

BIRD HAZARD REDUCTION AT AIRPORTS

The Legislation :

Civil Aviation Rules 1994

Issued by Government of PakistanMINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Defence Division) AVIATION WING Rawalpindi, under Statutory Notifications (S.R.O.) S.R.O. 961(I)/94 dated 3rd October, 1994

71. Measures to avoid attraction of birds and hazards to flights safety.-

(1) No person shall leave waste foodstuffs on, or bring waste foodstuffs onto, an area of land to which this rule applies.

(2) The Director-General may, by notice in writing, require the owner of land on which waste foodstuffs are, being land within an area of land to which this rule applies, to remove, within a time specified in the notice the waste foodstuffs from his land to a place outside an area of land to which this rule applies or to deal within a time and in a manner, specified in the notice, with the waste foodstuffs.

(3) A notice under sub-rule (2) may be served personally or by post.

(4) A person shall not fail to comply with the requirements of a notice served on him under sub-rule (2).

(5) Whoever contravenes the provisions of this rule shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or a fine not exceeding ten thousand rupees, or, both.

(6) If a person on whom a notice is served under sub-rule (2) fails to comply with the requirements of the notice, an officer authorized for the purpose by the Director-General may, with such assistance as he requires, enter upon the land and remove or deal with the waste foodstuffs.

(7) For the purpose of this rule:

"area of land" means the area of land lying within a radius of 8 kms from either end of a runway at an aerodrome; and
"waste foodstuffs" includes other waste substances attractive to birds.

The provisions of this Section shall apply, so far as practicable, to any smoke producing apparatus which may endanger the safety of aircraft in the vicinity of the airport and the Director-General may specify such restrictions, or issue instructions, in the Air Navigation Orders, as he may deem appropriate.

BIRD STRIKE TO AIRCRAFT POSES THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE / PROPERTY

Join hands with Civil Aviation Authority for safe aircraft operations

You can help avert a possible aircraft accident due to bird strike to aircraft / passengers and public property by:

Keeping your surroundings clear of refuse.
Disposing off food stuff / waste in a proper manner under cover.
Packing the garbage /waste food stuff and disposing off at proper place and covering it.
Cleaning of environment for safe aircraft flying.
Keep surroundings clean for safety of aircraft / passengers and our health.

Healthy Environment ensuring Efficiency & Economy

Optimum route
Optimum altitude
Continuous climb to cruise
Continuous idle descent to approach
Lowest possible approach minima
Minimum ground delay
Increased airspace capacity
Increased airport capacity