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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Council eyes banning kites, doves near airport
By Grace L. Plata
DAVAO CITY -- Flying kites and raising doves or any free-flying birds of any kind will not be allowed within 10 miles of the Davao International Airport once a proposed amendment to the airport security ordinance is approved by the City Council.
If the ban is passed, kite flying and dove raising will only be allowed from Barangay Dumoy to Toril district as the 10-mile distance extends up to Lasang in the north and Bago in the south.
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This means kite flying and raising doves will no longer be allowed in the whole of downtown area and Agdao, where residences abound and kite flying and dove raising are a hit.
The proposed ban was raised Tuesday by the committee on energy, transportation and communication chaired by Councilor Peter Laviña.
The move was in response to a letter sent by airport management to the office of the city mayor requesting an amendment to the existing law to specify the 10-mile delineation.
It was not clear if the airport management sent the same letter to the Island Garden City of Samal since the 10-meter radius covers the whole northern part of Samal, the whole stretch facing Davao City up to Barangay San Jose just before Pearl Farm Beach Resort, up to the east coast of barangays Aumbay and Aundanao.
According to Laviña, the airport management became concerned after the UH-1 Huey helicopter crash in Mactan in Cebu was attributed to a string of a kite getting entangled in the rotor.
Airlines operating in the city have also complained that they've experienced engine troubles from birds getting suck in by jet engines.
"They just want to avoid accidents. That is why they are aiming for this amendment on the city's airport security ordinance which was crafted in the 1940's," Laviña said.
The 10-mile distance is based on the standards set by the International Air Transport Association. (Sun.Star Davao/Sunnex)
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