Gulls Cripple Tokyo Haneda Airport

HANEDA BIRD CALL That Mother Nature in the form of gulls can be a major risk to airline safety was illustrated Aug. 15 at Tokyo's Haneda airport, Asia's busiest. Trouble started during the morning rush as a Japan TransOcean Airlines 737-400 bound for Okinawa hit a flock of gulls as it lifted off at...

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