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Stray animals at Indian airports
Stray animals are common on the runways of Indian airports. These stray animals pose a major threat to air safety in most airports across the nation. According to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials, animals straying onto the runway are routine at many airports in India.〔(Animals on runway, it’s usual in India ), IANS, ''Thaindian News'', 28 March 2008.〕 The stray animals found in the runways of Indian airports include dogs, antelope, cows,〔 jackals, snakes, and monkeys.〔(Dog-ged pursuit at IGI ), ''Hindustan Times'', 15 March 2010.〕
Hyenas and jackals have strayed on the runways of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi resulting in their closure.〔(New Delhi airport, what a zoo ), ''Asia Times Online'', 21 June 2008.〕 Wild animals like nilgais, spotted deer, and wild boars are found at the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur.〔(Swanky Nagpur airport faces threat from wild animals ), ''DNA'', 26 May 2008.〕 In 2008, a bench at the Nagpur High Court noted that stray animals pose a threat to air safety at the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, which witnessed a series of incidents where wild animals strayed on the runway.〔(HC takes cognizance of stray animals on runway ), ''DNA'', 7 June 2008.〕 From 1 October to 31 December 2009, 200 stray dogs were captured on or near the runways of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.〔(Stray hound explosion dogs India ), ''Toronto Star'', 24 March 2010.〕 In 2008, a total of 571 animals, including jackals, snakes, and monkeys, were captured at this airport.〔 Stray dogs roam freely inside the Chennai International Airport.〔(Dogs need no ID to enter airport ), ''The Times of India'', 13 December 2010.〕
There are many incidents where flight schedules have been disrupted or landing aircraft faced trouble due to animals straying on runways. In 2005, an aircraft taking off from Pune International Airport ran over a stray, which resulted in a two-hour delay for flights.〔〔(Canine hazard dogs airports ), ''The Times of India'', 22 July 2005.〕 In 2008,〔 an Air India aircraft narrowly escaped accident when it hit a nilgai during landing at Kanpur Airport in Uttar Pradesh.〔 Stray dogs are a significant threat to air safety at the HAL Bangalore International Airport.〔(Dogs' day out at Bangalore airport. It's not a flight of fancy ), ''DNA'', 27 September 2010〕 On 27 March 2008, a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft hit a stray dog on the runway〔 at the HAL Bangalore International Airport,〔(Kingfisher flight skids on runway ), ''The Hindu'', 28 March 2008.〕 resulting in the aircraft's landing gear collapsing.〔(Bangalore catches dogs after plane hit ), Reuters, 28 March 2008.〕 The aircraft skidded off the runway and its nose collapsed,〔(Reports: Plane Hits Dog, Skids Off Runway ), Foxnews.com, 28 March 2008.〕 and four passengers were injured.〔 In another incident in June 2008, some monitor lizards, jackals and birds of prey strayed on the secondary runway of the Indira Gandhi International Airport causing the airport to be closed for one hour and disrupting the schedules of nearly a hundred flights.〔〔(Jackals, lizards and birds ground flights ), ''CNN''.〕 In July 2009, a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft hit a stray pig on the runway of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.〔(Pig on runway grounds flight ), ''The Times of India'', 18 July 2009.〕 In March 2010,〔(Dog on the runway delays flights ), ''The Times of India'', 18 March 2010.〕 a runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai was shut for 20 minutes after a stray dog was spotted.〔
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