LAHORE: Flight operations at Allama Iqbal International Airport were disrupted on Wednesday due to the presence of a huge flock of birds. The Civil Aviation Authority stopped the planes from landing at the airport today. The Lahore airport is surrounded by wedding halls, where leftover food is thrown in nearby areas. According to an Airbus study, in the incident of a bird- hit, 41 percent chances are that an aircraft’s engine or its nose, radome, and windshield are damaged. While chances of fuselage or wings being damaged are just seven percent, the same stands at three percent for landing gears and one percent for the tail.

Source: Pakistan Today July 17, 2019 08:48 UTC