Avoid aviation incidents, urgently add a device to chase… birds

A source of Traffic Newspaper said that late on the evening of May 3, the head of Tan Son Nhat International Airport received information from a representative of Vietnam Airlines that said: While checking after flight VN820 from Phu Quoc to Ho Chi Minh City. , the mechanic discovered that there was a blood stain on the plane’s No. 2 engine, suspected of hitting a bird. The functional forces checked the flight operations area and the flight route of the aircraft but did not detect any abnormalities.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has directed relevant units to immediately implement measures to chase away birds and wild animals at the airport, especially Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat. In the photo, a plane was hit by a bird and damaged its nose.

Previously, on May 1, 2022, the captain of flight VN1392 from Saigon to Quy Nhon also “reported” the airport chief to urgently handle the fact that there were too many birds around the runway.

The same night, also at Tan Son Nhat, an aircraft of Vietnam Airlines was also found to have a dent in the front left wing of the aircraft, surrounded by many bird blood stains, the location and time could not be determined. The ship was hit by a bird.

On the morning of April 30, when Vietjet’s VJ360 flight to Da Lat had to stop and wait for the car to fly up to chase birds at the beginning of the runway before taking off.

Confirming that according to the statistics of the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) and other airlines, the number of collisions between birds and planes tends to increase in recent months, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has requested this enterprise. direct airports and aerodromes to immediately develop and implement a program to control birds, wild animals and domestic animals.

Specifically, it is necessary to immediately implement measures to strengthen the control, prevention and repelling of birds and wild animals at airports and airfields, especially at Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat international airports; reviewing and supplementing equipment and means of repelling birds on the actual basis of each port, and at the same time focusing on reviewing records related to statistics, monitoring and control of birds and wildlife, livestock at ports and report to the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam to propose contents to notify aviation news according to regulations.

For Noi Bai and Tan Son Nhat ports, the Department asked ACV to direct the safety management department, bird and wildlife control department to immediately review and evaluate the effectiveness of measures, receive identify hazards, assess risks and immediately propose solutions for both short-term and long-term.

ACV also needs to increase the frequency of checking the flight area to promptly detect and take measures to repel birds at the two largest airports in the country.

This agency also requires airlines to continue to fully, promptly and strictly comply with the regulations on reporting incidents of birds colliding with aircraft according to the prescribed form so that airport and aerodrome operators can provide solutions. take remedial measures and report to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam for direction, handling and reporting to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) according to regulations.

In addition, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam also requested the airport authorities of the North, the Central region and the South to closely coordinate with the airport and airport operators in implementing measures to control and repel birds. Wild animals and pets at the port.

Inspect, supervise and promptly urge and request port operators to strengthen inspection, implement measures to control and repel birds, wild animals and domestic animals at airports. airport; the formulation and implementation of a program to control birds, wild animals and domestic animals and review the content to notify aeronautical information about bird activities at airports and aerodromes.

According to baogiathong.vn