Turtles At Airport

Officials of the Custom Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Friday seized 6,850 live red-eared sliders, a species of turtle, and arrested two persons who arrived at Tiruchi international airport in Tamil Nadu from Kuala Lumpur, officials said.

A turtle that wandered onto the runway at the Gold Coast Airport in Australia, caused more than a few problems for travellers on board an Adelaide-bound flight, authorities said on Friday.

German authorities say they've arrested a 44-year-old Mexican man after finding his suitcase full of snakes, turtles and lizards, including endangered species.

Customs officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport here have seized 230 Hamilton turtles packed in four unattended suitcases that arrived on a flight from India, Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.

Officials are building a 4,000-foot (1,200-meter)-long barrier to protect a runway at New York City's Kennedy Airport.

About 150 turtles crawled onto the tarmac at New York's Kennedy airport on Wednesday in search of beaches to lay their eggs, delaying dozens of flights, aviation authorities said.The slow-motion stampede began about 6:45 a.m., and within three hours there were so many turtles on Runway 4L and nearby taxiways that controllers were forced to move dep...

A tanker carrying 6000 litres of highly inflammable aviation turbine fuel turned turtle on the Goa airport runway, forcing its partial closure and affecting operations.The runway was shutdown for two and half hours last night after the Indian Oil Corporation's tanker toppled on the runway at 2120 hours spilling the fuel. "The tanker was heading tow...

Officials of the Custom Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) on Friday seized 6,850 live red-eared sliders, a species of turtle, and arrested two persons who arrived at Tiruchi international airport in Tamil Nadu from Kuala Lumpur, officials said.

A turtle that wandered onto the runway at the Gold Coast Airport in Australia, caused more than a few problems for travellers on board an Adelaide-bound flight, authorities said on Friday.

German authorities say they've arrested a 44-year-old Mexican man after finding his suitcase full of snakes, turtles and lizards, including endangered species.

Customs officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport here have seized 230 Hamilton turtles packed in four unattended suitcases that arrived on a flight from India, Bangkok Post reported Wednesday.

Officials are building a 4,000-foot (1,200-meter)-long barrier to protect a runway at New York City's Kennedy Airport.

About 150 turtles crawled onto the tarmac at New York's Kennedy airport on Wednesday in search of beaches to lay their eggs, delaying dozens of flights, aviation authorities said.The slow-motion stampede began about 6:45 a.m., and within three hours there were so many turtles on Runway 4L and nearby taxiways that controllers were forced to move dep...

A tanker carrying 6000 litres of highly inflammable aviation turbine fuel turned turtle on the Goa airport runway, forcing its partial closure and affecting operations.The runway was shutdown for two and half hours last night after the Indian Oil Corporation's tanker toppled on the runway at 2120 hours spilling the fuel. "The tanker was heading tow...