[Courtesy: King County International Airport-Boeing Field]
Key Takeaways:
Operations staff at King County International Airport Boeing Field (KBFI) successfully rescued four ducklings trapped in a storm drain.
The rescue was prompted by Nordstrom staff observing a distressed mother duck, leading to airport officials intervening to retrieve the ducklings and reunite them with their family.
All four ducklings were safely removed from the drain and reunited with their mother before the family of nine left the airport property.
This incident, while a first for ducks at KBFI, underscores the growing and costly issue of wildlife strikes at airports, which are increasing nationwide, particularly for general aviation pilots.
Some aviators need more help than others, especially when they are fledglings.
The operations staff at King County International Airport Boeing Field (KBFI) in Seattle came to the rescue—quite literally—of four ducklings trapped in a storm drain on the Nordstrom ramp.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
