[thechat] Breaking news - another airplane goes down in NYC

[Joe Crawford]

Bruce Heerssen wrote:
> That can happen when the engine siezes up for some reason - like sucking up a
> bird during takeoff. JFK is renowned for the number of migratory birds in and
> around the airport - and for the extreme measures they've taken to mitigate
> the dangers. But with so many birds in the area, it's impossible to
> completely eliminate this sort of circumstance.
> 
> Maybe, just maybe, they shouldn't have built an airport on marshland that's a
> prime feeding and nesting ground for so many migratory birds.

Hm. JFK is about 50 years old, but commercial *jets* are more like 40
years - I think when it was built most planes had actual *gasp!*
propellers.

The bird problem is a major one:
Check this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=birds+and+jets

	- joe <http://artlung.com/>