144 turtles removed from Narita Airport since April to prevent accidents June 25, 2022 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version Captured red-eared sliders are seen at Narita International Airport in the city of Narita, Chiba Prefecture, on June 9 ブランドコピー最高N級  2022. (Mainichi/Tadakazu Nakamura) NARITA, Chiba -- One hundred and forty-four turtles have been captured at Narita International Airport east of Tokyo since April to prevent the reptiles from straying onto runways and disrupting aircraft flights. Narita International Airport Corp. intends to continue the operation until late October as hundreds of turtles are estimated to live on the airport grounds. One turtle strayed onto a runway in September 2021, delaying the departure of All Nippon Airways Co.'s superjumbo passenger jet with sea turtles painted on the fuselage. The operation to catch turtles was launched to prevent a recurrence. A staff member takes a red-eared slider out of a trap at Narita International Airport in the city of Narita コピーブランド服  Chiba Prefecture ブランドコピー財布  on June 9, 2022. (Mainichi/Tadakazu Nakamura) One hundred and forty-four traps have been set, including at a balancing reservoir and drainage channel, since April 20. The company announced on June 9 that 133 red-eared sliders and 11 Chinese pond turtles had been captured. All of them were put down. If a jet engine were to suck in a turtle, it could cause an accident. At Narita airport, 11 cases of turtles intruding near runways have been confirmed since fiscal 2013, including the 2021 turtle-themed jet incident. (Japanese original by Tadakazu Nakamura スーパーブランドコピー  Narita Bureau) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Planes on parade: 3 turtle-themed jets lined up for events at Narita airport turn heads Critter carcass causes temporary closure of Narita airport runway Errant turtle closes runway 時計スーパーコピー  delays turtle-themed plane at Japan's Narita Airport