Airports authority tackles JKIA bird strike menace on flight path

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) plans to rehabilitate drainage and sewer systems along the Ruai flight path amid growing pressure to deal with bird strikes on aircraft using Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

George Amutete, head of the wildlife control section at KAA, said in an action plan seen by the Business Daily that the works would be carried out as part of the JKIA runway rehabilitation project.