Tricks airports use to scare away birds
Updated: 2015-07-24 08:15
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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An airport employee dubbed "the guard against bird strike" usually brings a shotgun in case of an emergency when he patrols the airport. "Many people have no idea of our job which is to drive away birds," said a staff member of Qingdao Airport," but birds do sometimes pose a fatal threat to the planes." [Photo/CFP] |
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