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Green laser technology to combat bird strikes at Middle Eastern airports

Green laser technology that sweepsis already used by more than 40 airports
airport runways to scare away birdsaround the world. The automatic laser
could help regional civil aviationsystem, TOM500 and handheld laser torch,
authorities to combat a large threat toLEM50 were developed by ornithologists
aircraft safety during take off andfrom the French Civil Aviation Authority
landing. Bird and wildlife strikes toand the technology has proven to be
aircraft costs the US civil aviationhighly effective at clearing birds from
industry more than US$600 millionrunways and airports. The TOM500 laser
annually, while 220 people have beenscans airport runways and surrounding
killed world-wide as a result of birdareas at regular intervals, on
strikes in the last 20 years.pre-programmed paths close to the
According to the International Civilground, frightening birds away by the
Aviation Organisation, 90 percent ofstick-like effect of the laser.
bird strikes occur at or near airports"This technology is very effective
during take-off or landing and the USbecause it uses a green, collimated
Federal Aviation Administration haslaser beam," said Franck Monin, Director
reported 61 per cent of bird strikesof Sales and Marketing at Lord
occur at less than 30 metres. Nearly 65Ingenierie. "Ornithologist surveys have
per cent of bird strikes occur at dawndemonstrated that birds are very visual
or dusk, when birds are on runways inanimals and are primarily sensitive to
search of food.the colour green. Birds perceive and
As the region's aviation industryactually see a (virtual) green stick
expands and the volume of air trafficcoming towards them. The only
continues to increase, so too does thealternative to avoid a stick blow is to
serious threat posed by bird strikes,fly away."
but a French firm's sophisticated laser"There is also no bird habituation to
technology could help many airportsthis technology. A bird will get used to
throughout the Middle East solve theacoustics, but it won't ever try to test
problem.a stick blow, it's the same reflex as a
Lord Ingenierie will use the Airportbird flying away as a car approaches.
Show, taking place at Airport Expo DubaiThere has also been no visual hindrance
from 2-4 June to educate the Middle Eastreported by pilots, during the day or at
aviation industry about their latestnight.
generation green laser technology, which



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