NARITA, Japan: Traps to prevent turtles from infiltrating a runway at Narita airport near Tokyo have been set in its retention pond to avoid a repeat of a 2021 incident where an intrusion by one of the reptiles delayed departures.
The around 1-square-metre floating traps were deployed in the airport's retention pond beside the runway on Wednesday, as many pond sliders -- an invasive turtle species -- apparently breed in bodies of water nearby.
