More than 100 volunteers will fan out across two runways at San
Francisco International Airport on Wednesday to pick up debris that
could damage aircraft, a spokesman said.
The volunteers, mostly SFO employees, are taking part in the
airport’s annual effort to clear its major runways of “foreign object
debris,” or “FOD,” SFO spokesman Doug Yakel said.
FOD refers to any object that does not belong on an airfield and
could cause damage by getting sucked into an airplane’s engines, such as
rocks, pieces of pavement or mechanical parts, Yakel said.
The Runway FOD walk is meant to bolster runway inspections that SFO
safety officers conduct on a daily basis, and involve a wider swath of
employees in safety practices, Yakel said.
Air traffic control will halt all airplane traffic on two runways
between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. so the team of volunteers can sweep the area.
The Runway FOD walk is not expected to cause any flight delays, as
the operation will take place during light air traffic, Yakel said.
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