Animals disrupt flying in Alderney
Friday 12th March 2010, 2:29PM GMT.
GOATS have been getting into Alderney Airport and bringing flying to a halt.
Several animals, including goats, have got into the grounds recently and now farmers are being warned to keep their livestock away.
Airport manager Keith Webster said: ‘The recent increase in incidents involving animals straying onto Alderney Airport is very worrying.
‘Any animal large or small presents a very serious safety risk to arriving and departing aircraft.
‘Their behaviour is unpredictable, especially in the vicinity of noisy aircraft, and all aviation-related operations have to come to a halt while the animal is secured and removed.
‘We are currently in discussions with the police in an attempt to resolve the issue.’
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Although I do not currently live on my home land of Guernsey I do make sure I keep up with local news and stories like this are one of the reasons why.
Now I’m sure that this is no laughing matter for Keith Webster or anyone else at Alderney Airport, but for an island girl living in London this kind of local news puts a smile on my face.
Over here in the big smoke, local news consists of murder, muggings and the like; the fact that this is one of the 5 stories the Guernsey Press has deemed most important to put on their website for the day is refreshing and drills down how different these two worlds are.
Please Bailiwick of Guernsey, never change!
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I’m sure I read somewhere that the film ‘Snakes on a Plane’was penned by someone who had visited Alderney
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Could they perhaps put up a fence?
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This story sounds like they`re “kidding”.
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GG there is already a fence, recently expanded by yet another visit buy the lords and masters of the airport for what seems like now reason apart from trying to justify there admin fees and tax hikes. Actually amazed the goat got past security (which for some reason we have) and health and safety without a day-glo bib.
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Veritas this fence is therefore not good enough and so needs improvement. I note in the press that Alderney is trying to attract visitors and wants more flights. Well, if visitors are few and far between now just think how few they’ll be should an aircraft collide with an animal with potentially serious consequences. All for the sake of a fence.
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Come on! Surely you get newspapers up in Alderney
The additional fencing erected by the nanny state is to stop terrorism.We’ve got a £70,000 five foot fence around the Forest Road water tower and it’s worked so far
I’ve never herd of a terrorist goat !
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Ray, unluckily for us the “Nanny State” over here is your government and your airport officials, who seem to think that a 14 seat airplane is in some danger from the passengers. Which is why we have security etc
ACW176, you would have a good point if not for the fact that the original fence was actually better at closing off the airport to miscreant goats, Yes we would love a tourist industry again but as long as the landing fees and taxes remain high to pay for security and the guernsey airport rebuild & Healths**m is giving away its flight and still not turning a profit the island will be in a downward spiral. Which we have been in over here for the past 2 years
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Do us a favour and arrange a goat or two on the runway when your two pro-Suez representatives are preparing to fly down for the next States meeting.
Unless of course they are amongst the 38-2 who agreed to change the course of waste disposal in Guernsey
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Cor damme me, you recon you got problems eh.
Over yer in South Australia at our country recreational airfield, we have a five foot fence all round but those bloney kangaroos still jump over it. We stand the risk of hitting one whilst we are still in the air!!!
Once we are on the ground we are safe as they usually jump over us.
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Alan
Stone de Croze I thought your little fence was there to keep your plague of Crapaud frogs off the airfield
You learn something new every day
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Ray they may claim to represent us down there but they are a Guernsey man and an Englishman. Both with there own agendas. People have given up on politics over here, hence the amount of unelected states members we have ( only candidate so they get in )
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Last year they shot all the airport chickens so this year maybe the Airport Pantry could take on a Jamaican theme with Curry Goat on menu?
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come on mrs mapp, lie down in front of joey and give us an ode.
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This story has really got some one goat up…
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Dear Alderney,
I understand that a few of our States members were found hiding out at your airport. We were able to identify them immediately (despite their cunning disguises) as they were being selfish, ignorant and having no care for anyone but themselves (as always).
Please smack their legs and send them back on the next available flight, as whether they like it or not, they ARE going to be here next Wednesday for the incinerator debate.
Many thanks
Guernsey.
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