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Flowers to protect Amsterdam airport
Airline Industry Information, Dec 16, 2004
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
Fields of tulips and daffodils planted around Amsterdam's Schiphol airport will make it safer for aircraft to land, the airport has said.
The scent of tulip and daffodil bulbs is repulsive to mice and other rodents, and without their prey predatory birds would have no reason to visit the area around airport. Therefore the flowers serve as a deterrent to birds, which can be dangerous to aircraft if they get sucked into jet engines during landing or takeoff.
The airport has had approximately three bird strikes for every 10,000 landings and takeoffs, reports Reuters.
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