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Delhi flights delayed by monitor lizards, jackals and kites

By: Santosh :+: Under: Business, It Happens Only in India
On: ⋅ June 18, 2008 ⋅

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Weird as it sounds, heavy monsoon forced these animals from the surrounding areas onto runways at the Delhi airports. [Yahoo!]

A family of monitor lizards were first noticed by a pilot on the secondary runway on Monday morning, forcing authorities to delay flight operations for about an hour.
More delays were caused when jackals and kites were also seen ambling across the runway, the newspaper reported.
Animal welfare groups later rescued the lizards and chased away the jackals, but the hold-up already had a knock-on effect and delayed evening flights as well, officials said.

Earlier this year, there was a minor incident at the Bangalore airport after an airplane hit a jackal. [UD]

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4 comments for “Delhi flights delayed by monitor lizards, jackals and kites”

1: Runa | June 18, 2008, 11:24 am | Direct Link

And people thought :”Snakes on a plane” was far fetched

2: Lekhni | June 18, 2008, 4:03 pm | Direct Link

Looks like India’s wildlife is alive and well, even if it shows up in the wrong places! And I like this quote:
“In the past, monkeys, jackals and peacocks have disrupted flights in the capital, mostly during the monsoon season.”

What do the peacocks do, I wonder - dance as the flight takes off?

3: Santosh | June 18, 2008, 10:24 pm | Direct Link

What do the peacocks do, I wonder - dance as the flight takes off?

Lekhni,
I guess the peacocks got tired of the Hindi proverb “Jungle mein mor naache kisne dekha”, hence the tarmac

4: Kancheong spider | June 22, 2008, 4:00 am | Direct Link

Delhi airport is unofficially the worst airport in India.It was the project that first got the nod for upgradation and believe it or not they are still updrading the airport unlike mumbai which finished upgrading its domestic airport despite the unbelieveable amount of nonsense it was facing.The international airport is also nearing completion.
Bangalore has a new airport .
Delhi is just a shining example of indian babudom at its worst where progress and better infrastructure are a curse.