Hsinchu Airport heads the nation’s airports in the number of bird strike incidents recorded, according to a study by the Flight Safety Foundation-Taiwan.
The foundation’s study showed that a total of 1,186 bird strikes, which present a major threat to flight safety, happened nationwide between 2002 and last year, causing damage to 154 aircraft. In those five years, 150 bird strikes occurred in Hsinchu, damaging 30 aircraft.
Hsu Teh-yin (許德英), a flight safety officer at China Airlines, said it is difficult to keep both the aircraft and birds safe at Hsinchu Airport, as it is located close to the habitats of seabirds and the birds’ migratory routes fall within the airport’s flight zone.
He suggested the government set up a special taskforce to handle the matter.
In other news, the Civil Aeronautics Administration said yesterday that it was considering granting a request by Mandarin Airlines to suspend all of its flights between Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Mandarin is the only domestic carrier that provides flights between the two cities.
Last year, the airline suffered financial losses of about NT$150 million (US$5 million) on the Taipei-Kaohsiung route. Between January and June this year, losses have already topped approximately NT$140 million.
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