Bird crash means a bird bumps a plane
in the air and causes accident. The first bird crash is recorded in
1908 and the first approved bird crash happened on April 3, 1912 in
California, USA. According to the record, the plane “WrightFlyer”
was bumped by a mew and crashed into sea. With the wide application
of turbine engine in plane, more bird crashes happen. The statistic
shows one bird crash is likely to happen in 10000 flights. Since 1975,
four commercial jetliners have been destroyed by birds. Bird crash
has become a worldwide problem, but there is no effective way to avoid
bird crash completely.
Before 1997, there was nearly no measure to prevent bird crash in
the capital airport in Beijing. In recent years, they have realized
the importance to do the work and in September1997, they formed the
guideline to avoid bird crash by designating some people and installing
the modern bird repellers.
Anti-Bird Shotgun
imported from USA
In 1997, they designated four people to deal with birds. Considering
the more serious bird hazard, another four people were arranged
to assist them. With their effort to dispel birds, the problem was
somewhat released.
40 bird electronic
propane-fired cannons
When a bird is threatening flight security, they deal with the
bird by professional cannons or shotguns.
Over 40 bird
repellers
To keep safe flight, the airport was equipped with forty bird cannons
and forty bird repellers. In 2001, they arranged 7 people to solve
the more serious bird hazard. Considering the birds are much active
in day time than in night, they adjusted bird repelling plan to
guarantee three people would work in daytime and one person work
in the night everyday. By the adjustment, bird repelling is strengthened
in daytime and bird crash is reduced.
