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February 05, 2007
Airline operators lose N630 million to bird strikes
Domestic airline operators have lost N630 million to the incessant menace of bird strikes in major airports in the country.
Sola Adekola, Lagos - 05.02.2007
Disclosing this, the business development manager of Aero Contractors, Mark Snoxell, said his own airline had suffered losses to the bird strikes.
Due to the heavy losses, many of the operators have confronted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to put an end to the menace.
Bird strike incidents, which have become incessant in the recent past especially at the Lagos airport, Port-Harcourt International Airport and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, had forced many airlines to cancel or delay their flights.
The airlines took the bird strike case to FAAN, it was disclosed, to force the authorities to tackle the menace.
Narrating the ordeal of Aero Contractors, Snoxell disclosed that at times, the airline lost more than three blades as a result. The strike, according to him, did not go to the core of the engines, but through the fan blade.
Posted by Publisher at February 5, 2007 02:56 PM
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