フラミンゴの群れに旅客機突っ込む 「空から死骸」通報多数 インド

【ムンバイＡＦＰ＝時事】インド・ムンバイで２０日、着陸体勢に入っていた旅客機がフラミンゴの群れに突っ込む事故が起きた。旅客機は無事着陸したが、フラミンゴが少なくとも３６羽死んだ。動物保護団体とメディアが２１日、伝えた。（写真は資料写真）
　事故が起きたのはムンバイ国際空港。現地の自然動物保護団体は、同日夜、上空からフラミンゴの死骸が多数落ちてきたとの通報が相次いだとＡＦＰに述べた。ムンバイ沿岸の湿地はフラミンゴの越冬地として知られる。
　ヒンドゥスタン・タイムズ紙は、事故でフラミンゴが３６羽死んだと報じた。
　政府のデータによると、ムンバイ国際空港では２０１８年１月から２３年１０月までの期間に、６００件以上のバードストライクの発生が確認されている。動物保護団体によると、一度にこれだけ多数の個体が巻き込まれるケースは初めてだという。
　現場周辺には死骸がバラバラになって散乱しており、実際に死んだ数は３６羽よりも多い可能性がある。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/05/21-20:00）

A passenger airplane arriving in India's financial capital Mumbai flew through a flock of flamingos, killing at least 36 but landing safely, wildlife experts and media reports said Tuesday.
At least 36 of the large migratory birds were killed, the Hindustan Times daily reported, but wildlife experts said that they feared many more might be dead.
Pawan Sharma, from the Mumbai-based Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare (RAWW), said the animal charity received multiple calls on Monday evening as the carcasses of the pink birds fell from the sky.
Mumbai airport recorded over 600 cases of aircraft bird strikes from January 2018 till October 2023, according to government statistics.
But Sharma said that it was unusual for so many flamingos to have been killed in a single event.
This is the first time such a large number of flamingos have been hit, Sharma told AFP.
He said he feared many more could have died as some of the bird carcasses were not in a shape to be recovered.
The locality was littered with bird carcass, said B.N. Kumar, from environmental group NatConnect Foundation, according to the Times of India.
Broken pieces of wings, beaks, claws were scattered over a large area.
The wetlands along Mumbai's coast are famous for large number of flamingos who arrive around December for a few months.
Both resident and migratory birds are at threat from flights passing through such crucial habitats, Sharma added.
Therefore it is important to evaluate this incident and work on mitigation measures, so that such unfortunate incidents can be avoided.