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Old 10th May 2004, 17:04
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In my opinion, the risk of a birdstrike at CVT is pretty low, certainly lower than the risk of FOD. Not the tidiest of airfields, and that has always been a problem. Bits of packing bands, polythene, cardboard, nuts & bolts, large holes with no guard fencing, broken up apron, pogo sticks left by absent minded Shed crews etc etc. are all things that spring to mind. Lets hope TUI really get the place dragged into the 21st century.

As an aside, the birdstrike that happened to a 707 in South America, IIRC comes to mind. I didn't believe it until I had seen the photographs. Large vulture type birdy thing, went through the nose radome, breached the bulkhead and broke the co-pilots leg. That's what you call a birdstrike!

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