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STATISTICS indicate that there have been 93 Bird Aircraft Hazard Strikes ( BASH) otherwise known as bird strike incidents across airports in Nigerian in the first half of 2022 of which 54 of such incidents happened at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos alone. Head Bird/Wildlife Hazard Control, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Mr. Azike Edozie made this known while …

BARELY 24 hours after an Aero Contractor aircraft was involved in a bird strike incident at Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA), a Max Air boeing 737 on Tuesday afternoon also experienced a similar bird strike incident at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (AKIA), Kano The Max Air aircraft 5N: BBM had inside, 140 passengers including the Emir of Kano, …

ANNUALLY Wild life hazards especially Bird Aircraft Strike Hazards (BASH) also known as bird strikes have cost Nigerian airlines millions of dollars  of broken windshield / canopy or engine failure (single or multiple engine) due to ingestion of birds or tyre change  as a result of  collision between fauna and an aircraft. In truth, there are numerous consequences that may …

 Mandates operators to report within 30 days of occurrence FOLLOWING the evolution of a new format for Birds/Wildfire strike reporting, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has notified pilots, airports/ airline operators and aircraft engineers of a change in the reporting format to Birds/Wildlife strike. Bird strikes also known as bird ingestion (for an engine) or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH) …

According to the Wildlife Control team, as much as five thousand (5,000) adult individuals of the 10 species, cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis), roost nightly at the site. Birds start arriving to roost about an hour before sunset. Cattle egrets also nest at the site as nests and chicks were observed in abundance.