N.Y. geese gassed for air safety
The dramatic landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last year brought significant attention to what can happen when a bird strike cripples a plane.
But some Brooklyn residents were surprised recently to realize that hundreds of geese in a popular park had disappeared. Their fate? They were gassed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to a report on the New York Times's Web site.
Airports around the country wrestle with how to deal with bird strikes. Earlier this year, a Baltimore Sun report detailed how the Department of Agriculture was fighting the problem at BWI - sometimes with a shotgun -- and other airports.
An overview of the problem is available on this FAA site.
What do you think? How should authorities deal with the problem of birds striking aircraft? Post a comment below.
By
Michael Bolden
| July 13, 2010; 10:22 AM ET
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Airlines, Airports
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Posted by: CubsFan | July 13, 2010 11:47 AM | Report abuse
Why is this even debatable? Would you give your life for a goose? How about the lives of 150 of your fellow passengers? Kids included!! The geese should have been dressed and cleaned for dinner too!
Posted by: PepperDr | July 13, 2010 1:32 PM | Report abuse
Oh the humanity!
Posted by: jiji1 | July 13, 2010 3:15 PM | Report abuse
Maybe next they can try to deal with the geese that infest golf courses, leaving mementos of their presence all over the fairways. Yuk.
Posted by: 1995hoo | July 13, 2010 5:28 PM | Report abuse
I heard that the geese were going to be deported to Canada, but the Obama administration feared the loss of the goose vote, so they just killed them instead.
Posted by: WashingtonDame | July 13, 2010 5:33 PM | Report abuse
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I understand they were covered by AFLAC!