Picnics at Montreal park risk hungry birds colliding with planes: airport | Globalnews.ca
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Montreal's main airport is the only one in Canada with its own observation park, but it has become a victim of its popularity, according to an airport spokesperson.
  • Luca@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    I was going to make some snarky comment about how ridiculous this is.

    Then I clicked the article and saw that the park is literally right next to the runway. Maybe yeah in that case. Don’t draw droves of birds straight to the airport.

    • setVeryLoud(true);OPM
      7·
      2 years ago

      I can’t imagine having a picnic next to a departing plane must be pleasant anyway.

      Unless you’re really into planes, of course.

      • Camarade Boina@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        You laugh you laugh but in Buenos Aires the viscinity around the airport is prime BBQ picnic land (its absurd af and I don’t get why mais c’est comme ca)

      • t0fr
        3·
        2 years ago

        Oh I definitely know two people who’ve gone to the park just for the sake of watching the planes take off

      • lom@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        2 years ago

        It’s actually pretty cool. I go there every now and then and you see all kinds of people there: Old, young, men, women, families going on picnics.

        I’m pretty sure the air isn’t much worse than standing next to Rene-Levesque in rush hour…