July 26, 2007

The real war between people and crows. Crowhunters paradise))



NTV - Russian TV channel. Original news posted HERE

In Primorski Krai the Office of Public Prosecutor has started to find out circumstances of the conflict between military pilots and authorities of one of the regional centers. Pilots demand to liquidate range of household waste which is located near to fighting air station. The in itself dump of threat for strategic object does not represent. But in this area there live hordes of birds, and year from their year becomes more and more. Today above air station there is a present war between people and ravens. The reporting of correspondent Dmitry Andrejanova specially for NTV. In a wood the main enemies of military pilots - birds have hidden. They have chosen range of household waste of all in several kilometers from fighting air station. Here bring dust from neighboring settlements, therefore the dump expands and involves new feathery. Officers bombing a shelf are compelled to practise every day in shooting on the flying purposes. Along air station tens cost frightened. And before each flight command spends the action of intimidation. On rise SU-24 leaves with the included headlights as it helps to frighten off birds. For few seconds the fighting machine appears above a place of a congestion feathery. Flight in this square passes at small heights, and collision with a bird in air threatens with refusal of the engine or broken glass of cabins. Andrey Mamonenko, the chief of a staff of a squadron: " the Most dangerous time, it when the bird's young growth becomes on a wing. Here then they start to fly constantly in air station. Happens, that because of feathery at landing it is necessary and to leave on the second circle ".
According to aviation norms to store waste it is possible not more close 15 kilometers from a runway. Command the shelf, referring to the federal standards, already the second year tries to force to transfer officials a dump. Last argument of pilots - safety of local residents, in fact line SU-24 passes above settlements. Vitaly Yevseyev, the assistant to the chapter of administration of city settlement " Working settlement Perejaslavka ": " For today we take out firm household waste on distance of 6-7 kilometers., certainly, it is not enough of it, but also it to us to make hardly ". Military and regional Offices of Public Prosecutor have become interested in Safety issues of flights. The modest budget has not allowed municipality to transfer a dump in it to year. The new range is planned to open only in the beginning of the following, and pilots with alarm wait for the termination of summer (in the autumn on a dump will take out waste of agricultural products).

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