Aviation News Item: 00459

11th Aug 2009

Source: ubmaviationnews.com

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is the first commercial airport in the world to install a day and night camera to its existing Tarsier foreign object debris (FOD) radar detection system. The new camera should upgrade YVR's 24-hour automated runway debris detection system in all weather conditions by providing visual confirmation of any potentially dangerous objects on the runway. "The camera allows us to determine quickly whether the FOD is a two inch worm that poses no threat, or a broken zipper from a suitcase that does," said Brett Patterson, director, airside operations.

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