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Re: US Airways Accident (crashed in Hudson River) |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Thu Jan 15 17:26:02 2009, in response to Re: US Airways Accident (crashed in Hudson River), posted by Easy on Thu Jan 15 17:18:57 2009. These are Canadian geese, which are indigenous to NYC all year long. JFK actually has a fairly aggressive bird-control program, because JFK sits in the middle of a bird sanctuary. Piping plovers and least terns are endangered birds which nest around JFK, the NYCT (A) line, and the Rockaways. The PANYNJ has a nest-relocation program, and it also keeps the goose population down by egg-hatching control.La Guardia has to deal with common gulls, terns, and geese which nest around Flushing Meadow Park and the East River. A fully grown Canadian goose can weigh about 30 lbs., so sucking a flock of them into your engines would be enough to foul the turbines. |
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