Flamingos collide with plane in Mumbai
- May 22, 2024
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At least 39 flamingos died after the plane Emirates Airwayswith 300 passengers on board, was demolished shortly before landing. Bombayin the west of the city IndiaOfficials and environmental
At least 39 flamingos died after the plane Emirates Airwayswith 300 passengers on board, was demolished shortly before landing. Bombayin the west of the city IndiaOfficials and environmental sources reported this on Wednesday.
Flight traveled along the route Dubai-Mumbai Last Monday evening it was “participated in a bird strike“An airline spokesperson told the Indian Express newspaper, while assuring that “the plane landed safely and all passengers and crew emerged unharmed.”
“However, unfortunately, they lost several flamingos and Emirates is cooperating with authorities on this matter,” the spokesperson said.
Annual flamingo migrationusually in November, common in coastal area Maharashtrawhose wetlands are home to thousands of these birds in the months following the rainy season.
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The deaths were discovered several hours after landing when local residents discovered trash on the roadand called on the authorities to report “bird rain“,” officials told the media.
According to authorities, a team of investigators is trying to determine whether the plane was flying in correct route and why the birds were in their path, given the possibility that the flamingos had changed their usual route.
Environmentalists view the incident as a consequence human-wildlife conflict in this Asian country of 1.4 billion people, which is experiencing a period of expansion and development.
“TO as cities expand and invade the natural habitat of wild animals, animals have fewer and fewer places where they can go,” legal adviser and manager PETA’s Cruelty Unit India, meet Ashar.
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The environmentalist assured that wetlands and the homeland of flamingos in Bombay are being put in order. systematically burieddue to interference with new power lines that cross the reserve, among other reasons, which can lead to disorientation of birds.
Except, territories are devastated “Raising animals for meat, eggs or milk, or crops for feeding,” he added.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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