LONDON
Britain's air traffic controllers put pilots on alert this week after a vulture which can soar as high as 30,000 feet escaped from her handlers during a display. Gandalf, a seven-year-old Ruppell's Vulture with a three-metrewingspan, has not been seen since she caught a warm thermal during a show at the World of Wings centre in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nats, Britain's air traffic control company, said it had made pilots aware of the possibility of seeing the bird, while the aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority, said birdstrike is a constant threat to aviation.
August 2010
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