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| Above, an Air China jet at Narita International Airport. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Last year, there were 62 incidents of bird strikes at Narita International Airport. Airport authorities are now conducting tests with a professional falconer to prevent such incidents.
According to an article in Japan Today:
From Aug 11 to Aug 17, airport officials are working side by side with a professional falconer to conduct a series of tests. The falconer walks along the runway for two hours in the morning and late afternoon, with a hawk on his arm.
Airport officials said that so far, birds seemed to have been frightened away by the hawk, TBS reported.Bird collisions with aircraft can cause serious or catastrophic accidents, according to the article.
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