Interesting "wildlife" incursion at YYC

[wxguy]

CADORS Number: 2009C1642 Reporting Region: Prairie & Northern

Occurrence Information
Occurrence Type: Incident Occurrence Date: 2009/06/29
Occurrence Time: 1510 Z Day Or Night: day-time
Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0

Canadian Aerodrome ID: CYYC Aerodrome Name: Calgary Intl
Occurrence Location: Calgary Intl (CYYC) Province: Alberta
Country: CANADA World Area: North America

Reported By: NAV CANADA AOR Number: 108289-V1

Detail Information
User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/06/30
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: The crew of WJA 551 reported a dead bird on Runway 16 after landing at Calgary. Airport staff carried out a runway inspection and found a dead perch, not a bird. This is the first recorded fish incursion in the history of Calgary International Airport.



This is what a perch looks like:

[SkyWolfe]

[stmymdy]

HAHAHA
How the f?

[NJ]

The airport authority better start a fish management program

[Benwa]

Yup you heard it here first... TC is about to start a Fish Strike risk assessment study.

[Joe Blow Schmo]

Didn't Alaska Airlines have an inflight "fish strike" back in the 80s? Did some windshield damage I think.

[WayDownTown]

There are reports of a navajo driver hitting a jack fish in northern sask a few years ago. Guess that's why you should pull up when the fish are jumping.

[iflyforpie]

Osprey drop fish around here all the time. Usually they come back to pick them up though.

[ScudRunner]

Was it ill tempered Perch with Lasers on it?

[foxmoth]

SMS equals stupid marine species

[Scuba_Steve]

That beats my family of ducks that crossed infront of me on Charlie a few years back.

[shitdisturber]

I think this whole thread is extremely fishy.

[Jastapilot]

I can't even imagine where the closest lake to CYYC that would even have perch. Are they in the Bow River?

[shitdisturber]

I can't even imagine where the closest lake to CYYC that would even have perch. Are they in the Bow River?

As far as I know the only fish in the Bow are trout, I can't imagine where a perch came from.

[Brantford Beech Boy]

How do you confuse a fish for a dead bird?

Meh.

BBB

[Hedley]

A friend of mine, who was instructing on T-33's years ago, was
on a trip to the west coast, where they purchased a shark. Yes,
it was dead

They transported said dead shark back to their base, and carefully
left the shark by the side of a river near a bridge where it was sure
to be spotted, which resulted in the Great Manitoba Shark Scare.

[CAL]

big birds eat fish and often carry them with them in the air..I guess he dropped his dinner...or she ofcourse.

Not sure where he got it near YYC but then again I know nothing about YYC.

Frigate birds down here (Caribbean) have like a four foot wing span and catch pretty big fish! They often fly miles offshore for most of the day to seek out schooling fish...coming back in the evening.... On one of our stops we were taking gas... and while we were all just waiting around a loud bang came from the other side of the a/c...it was about a 2 pound mangrove snapper that hit our wing....still alive:0! and one pissed frigate bird overhead...so I tossed it way out in the ramp area and he came down and got it:)

[boeingboy]

Alaska airlines fish strike:

http://www.airwaysmag.com/channels.html ... annel_id=7

[mikegtzg]

Doesn't overly surprise me. A few years ago I drove my truck over a Walleye. First time I've ever had 'Road Kill Fish'

[pontius]

Jastapilot said......."I can't even imagine where the closest lake to CYYC that would even have perch. Are they in the Bow River?".......................


It came from Fish Creek!


You have to be from Calgary to appreciate that comment.

[wxguy]

Here is another funny one!

User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2009/07/10
Further Action Required: Yes
O.P.I.: Aerodrome Safety
Narrative: Calgary Tower reported that a flock of baby ducks was observed crossing Runway 34 at Taxiway Uniform without clearance. ACA 134, an Air Canada A321, was in position for takeoff on Runway 34 and was taxied to another runway. JZA 434, a Jazz CRJ 200, was on a 4 mile final to Runway 34 and was able to land and slow down well before Uniform. There were no other delays.