Airport geese culled

About 800 Canada geese around New York City's LaGuardia and Kennedy airports have been trapped and killed in an attempt to reduce the type of bird strike that led to a passenger jet landing in the River Hudson last winter.

US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia on 15 January when it ran into geese and lost both engines. Pilot Chesley Sullenberger's skilful landing saw all 155 people aboard survive.