The latest news of an environmentally destructive act by an airplane is that 36 flamingos were killed when an Emirates plane hit it near Mumbai late Monday night. The tragedy was over the Laxmi Nagar region of Pantnagar in the town of Ghatkopar.
According to authorities, EK 508, the Dubai-bound Emirates flight carrying 310 passengers, reported a bird strike upon arrival at the Mumbai airport around 9:6.00 pm. The flight just landed safely through another with damaged parts, and this caused huge impacts on the local wildlife.
As per official confirmation, the bird strike took place near Laxmi Nagar (the northern part of Ghatkopar East). The Airport authorities confirmed this to us.
These statements were issued by the SY Rama Rao, the Additional Chief Conservator of Forests working for the Mangrove Protection Cell, stating that 36 flamingo carcasses have been found, and efforts are still underway to search for more affected birds.
With this, environmentalist D. Stalin from NGO VanShakti had an answer—even though he suspects that the new power lines across the sanctuary may have prevented the birds from proper orientation. He also warned that activities that aim to disrupt the flamingo population nearby in wetlands are inadmissible.
Today’s media is full of stories about the investigations going on to find a reason for such a terrible loss of animals what is to be done, and how to prevent such tragedies in the future.
