(a) whether an incident of bird hit with an aeroplane occurred in Delhi in May, 2001;
(b) if so, the Airlines to which it belonged to and the losses suffered therefrom;
(c) the number of incidents of bird hit occurred during the last three years and losses incurred therefrom; and
(d) the concrete steps taken by the Government to avoid such incidents in the future?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a) Yes, Sir. Three incidents of bird hit took place
involving Indian civil registered aircraft in Delhi during
the month of May, 2001.
(b) Two aircraft of Air India and one of Indian Airlines
were involved. Air India incurred a loss of Rs.49,000/- in
these two incidents while Indian Airlines did not incur any
loss as there was no damage to the aircraft.
(c) Bird strikes data for the last three years for civil
aircraft at all airports in the country, is as follows:
Year No.of bird hit incidents
1998 - 136 1999 - 121 2000 - 122