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The Tech Behind Preventing Airplane Bird Strikes

Posted by timothy on from the harder-than-it-seems dept.

the4thdimension writes "CNN is running an article covering the technology used at Sea-Tac for preventing airplane bird strikes, like the one that occurred weeks ago to the now famous Flight 1549. The hardware used ranges from low-tech pyrotechnics, to netting, to lasers, to avian radar. Using a combination of all these technologies, Sea-Tac believes they save hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in avoiding dangerous bird strikes."

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  1. No, that's not the real secret. by Polarina · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Simply, extinct all bird life on Earth. The human race has already proven that it possess the technology to evaporate specific animal species.

  2. Re:You are kidding arent you ? by sexconker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whoosh!