21st
November
2007
French state to pay Air France and insurance companies for dead hedgehog on runway
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An administrative court has ordered the French state to pay EUR3.2m to Air France and five insurance companies for failure to clear a runway.
A dozen seagulls were pulled into an Air France aircraft’s turbine and made the aircraft skid to an emergency stop in March 1998. The seagulls were eating a dead hedgehog on the runway at Marseille’s airport.
The court ruled that the state-employed airport staff member who was responsible for clearing the runway of dead animals had failed to carry out his duties, The Associated Press reported.
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