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PISTE ANIMAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Safety
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

A collision between an aircraft and wildlife.

OBS

A wildlife strike is deemed to have occurred whenever [a] pilot reports a wildlife strike; aircraft maintenance personnel identify damage to an aircraft as having been caused by a wildlife strike; personnel on the ground report seeing an aircraft strike one or more birds or other wildlife; or [a] bird or other wildlife remains, whether in whole or in part, are found on an airside pavement area or within 200 ft of a runway, unless another reason for the animal's death is identified.

OBS

wildlife strike: designation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

Key term(s)
  • wild-life strike

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Collision entre un aéronef et un animal sauvage.

OBS

Un impact faunique est reconnu s’être produit lorsque : un pilote rapporte un impact faunique; une personne chargée de la maintenance des aéronefs détermine qu'un aéronef a été endommagé par un impact faunique; un membre du personnel au sol déclare avoir vu un aéronef entrer en collision avec un ou plusieurs oiseaux ou un autre animal sauvage; des restes d’oiseau ou d’un autre animal sauvage, complets ou partiels, sont trouvés sur la zone aménagée côté piste ou dans un périmètre de 200 pi d’une piste, à moins qu'une autre cause puisse expliquer la mort de l'animal.

OBS

impact faunique : désignation et définition normalisées par le Glossaire à l’intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Zoology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Zoologie

Spanish

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