Measures planned to discourage birds from airport area

A number of measures are to be implemented to discourage the presence of birds in the Timehri/Soesdyke areas, following Tuesday’s bird strike at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) which affected an outgoing Caribbean Airlines flight.

The measures to be implemented were agreed yesterday during a meeting Transport and Hydraulics Minister Robeson Benn had with stakeholders in the livestock industry. Representatives from the CJIA Corporation, Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Ministry of Public Works and Communications, Poultry Producers Association,