Researchers Test Birds With Remote-Controlled Planes

By: Associated Press | NBC4i.com
Published: April 28, 2009

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HURON, Ohio
Researchers in Ohio want to use remote-controlled airplanes near Lake Erie to observe how birds react to planes in the air.

What they find could help reduce airplane collisions with birds.

Researchers with the National Wildlife Research Center office in Sandusky plan to do the study near the mouth of the Huron River where there is a large seagull roost.

They want to look at how birds react to lights on airplanes and whether lighting systems could scare away birds.

More attention is now being focused on airplane strikes after birds knocked out both engines of a US Airways jet and forced it to go down in the Hudson River in January.

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