Wildlife and Airports (PLG1)
Over the past years, many aircraft accidents have been the result of wildlife accidents. Whether it is a bird strike, animals on the runway or taxiway, or other encroachments, the aircraft accident occurs. As a planner, it is most important for you to design or redesign an airport which minimizes wildlife accidents.
For this assignment, watch Wildlife Services work at Chicago O'Hare (YouTube - 4:12) (Links to an external site.)
You will see one obstruction is a dump three miles east of the airport. When you design your runways in Module 8, how will this obstruction affect your runway alignment? What are your concerns with this obstruction? Cite any regulations that will affect your runways.
Prepare a 2-3-page paper providing a summary of the video and addressing the concerns regarding obstructions.
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