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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Problem: An Analysis of Bird Strike Prevention Methods at Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport

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This project addressed the problem of bird-aircraft collisions, or bird strikes, at Panama’s Tocumen Airport. Bird strikes threaten passenger safety, damage aircraft, and harm wildlife. Through report analysis, interviews, observations, benchmarking, and case study research, we determined Tocumen Airport has many factors that attract birds to the property. These factors can be categorized as man made or environmental. No single method can remove all the contributing factors, so the airport should consider using multiple bird strike prevention methods.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • E-project-102915-205833
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  • 2015
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  • 2015-10-29
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  • Panama City
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