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    Birds spell bad luck for Armenian planes -- and vice-versa

    Agence France Presse -- English
    March 23, 2005 Wednesday 3:40 PM GMT

    YEREVAN March 23 -- Birds that had come down out of the trees around
    Armenia's main airport due to heavy snow put no less than three of
    the national airline's planes out of action in a single day when they
    were sucked into engines, the Armavia company said on Wednesday.

    The unusual series of glitches on Tuesday delayed several flights
    out of the capital Yerevan Wednesday.

    "Birds were sucked into the turbines of three of our company's
    airplanes that had landed yesterday and last night at Zvartnots
    airport," said Garik Siroian, a company spokesman.

    "Because of heavy snowfall (the birds) were not sitting in the trees
    and preferred to stroll on the runway," he explained.

    Four planes were undergoing technical checkups to evaluate the damage
    caused by the birds. One flight to Moscow and another one to Dubai
    have been delayed so far.

    Birds that are sucked into jet engines frequently cause problems for
    planes taking off and landing at airports around the world, but such
    a string of incidents on the same day is unusual.
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