In response to concerns that turtles living in ponds on the premises of Narita Airport may invade the runway and affect the safe operation of aircraft, the Narita Airport Company has taken measures such as extermination to reduce the number of turtles. I decided to consider it.
In September, a turtle was found walking on the runway at Narita Airport, and the runway was temporarily closed, which had the effect of delaying five aircraft flights.
After that, a large number of turtles that seemed to be exotic species were confirmed in the pond just beside the runway, and experts said that if the turtle that invaded the runway was sucked into the engine, the shell is hard and the aircraft is safe. It was pointed out that there was concern that it would affect the flight.
At a press conference on the 18th, Akihiko Tamura, president of Narita Airport Corporation, expressed his intention to take measures.
Specifically, we will immediately consider measures such as extermination to reduce the number of turtles and measures to prevent turtles from entering the runway by installing obstacles between the pond and the runway. It is said that.
President Tamura said, "We must not affect the safe operation of aircraft, so we would like to consider countermeasures as soon as possible."