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主要是講為了飛航安全而只好跟鳥類王國說抱歉的事.

'Miracle on the Hudson' legacy: 70,000 slain birds
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article126587429.html

BY JAKE PEARSON
Associated Press

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NEW YORK

Birds took the blame for bringing down the jetliner that
"Sully" Sullenberger landed on the Hudson River eight years ago this weekend.
They have been paying for it with their lives ever since.

An Associated Press analysis of bird-killing programs at the New York City
area's three major airports found that nearly 70,000 gulls, starling, geese
and other birds have been slaughtered, mostly by shooting and trapping,
since the 2009 accident, and it is not clear whether those killings have
made the skies safer.

Federal data show that in the years after bird-killing programs LaGuardia
and Newark airports ramped up in response to the gutsy landing, the number
of recorded bird strikes involving those airports actually went up.

Combined, the two airports went from an average of 158 strikes per year
in the five years before the accident to an average of 299 per year in the
six years after it, though that could be due to more diligent reporting of
such incidents.

At the seaside Kennedy Airport, which is on a major route for migrating
birds and had a robust slaughter program even before the Flight 1549 crash,
the number of reported strikes has ticked up, too, while the number of
birds killed there has dropped slightly in some recent years.

Advocates for the birds say officials should find other, more effective
ways to protect aircraft.

"There has to be a long-term solution that doesn't rely so extensively on
killing birds and also keeps us safe in the sky," said Jeffrey Kramer, of
the group GooseWatch NYC, suggesting better radar systems to detect
problematic flocks.

Officials involved in the bird-killing programs say they believe they've
made flying safer, with their strongest argument that there hasn't been
a major crash involving a bird strike in the New York area since the
"Miracle on the Hudson."

"We do our best to reduce the risk as much as possible," said
Laura Francoeur, the chief wildlife biologist at the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey, which oversees the airports. "There's still
a lot of random chance involved."That was the case on Jan. 15, 2009,
when US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia and almost immediately
soared into a flock of big Canada geese. Two engines were knocked out.
Sullenberger guided the powerless jet over the Hudson River and glided
it safely down in the frigid water. All 155 people on board survived.

Sullenberger became a national hero. Geese became public enemy No. 1.
They were targeted around LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports by wildlife
officials with shotguns. In some cases, birds were rounded up in traps
and killed.

But the Port Authority data of bird-slaughter campaigns around the three
major New York City-area airports between 2009 and last October show
thousands of smaller birds were also swept up.

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※ 編輯: ndr (166.175.63.223), 01/14/2017 23:22:51
推 gidens: QQ
推 Alica: US1549檢討鳥 vs GE235檢討機場 偉哉台灣
推 chocho55: 問題是殺這麼多鳥，撞機的事件也不見得少就是了
推 wingtoya: 印像撞機的是遷徙中的加拿大野雁，並非當地的
→ ndr: 偉哉台灣? 台灣有去參與US1549跟GE235的檢討嗎?
→ Ruthcat: 是不是當地鳥，不是像四樓那樣說的。加拿大雁是美國當地
→ Ruthcat: 鳥種沒錯！只是它是牽徙性候鳥。生物學上對這種詞有很明
→ Ruthcat: 確定義，就不要自己隨便改了