Hyderabad, Nov. 3 -- Wildlife strikes involving aircraft at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) have increased over the past three years. Birds, bats, rabbits, and other animals have posed risks to flight operations.

A report in the Times of India quoted RTI data obtained from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), which mentioned that a total of 442 such incidents were reported at the airport between January 2023 and August 2026.

The number of incidents rose from 101 in 2023 to 114 in 2024 and 133 in 2025. The records include encounters with several bird species, Bengal monitor lizards, bats, rabbits, wild cats and black-naped hares.

Bird strikes affect flights at Hyderabad airport

Wildlife encounters hav...