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Parrot owner was handed £2,000 after bird was killed by noise from low-flying RAF jet
Baku, June 4 (AZERTAC). A parrot owner was handed thousands of pounds in compensation - after his pet was killed by a low-flying RAF jet.
Military chiefs paid more than £2,000 after the exotic bird died when a Hercules soared over a house in Ayrshire.
Ministry of Defense officials have revealed that in the last three years they have paid out a total of £1.4 million in more than 200 claims across the UK for low-flying aircraft damage.
The payouts included £2,200 for the dead parrot and nearly £300 to two therapy groups, disturbed by the roar of fighter planes flying overhead. Another £900 was claimed for damage to a child`s trampoline in Lancashire.
Last night taxpayers` watchdogs blasted the huge bill.
The highest amounts claimed for compensation were for personal injury.
But huge sums were also paid out for damage to livestock, buildings and crops.
In the last year, a helicopter injured cattle and broke a fence in Dumfries and Galloway, leading to a £5,800 claim.
Meanwhile a Tornado aircraft flying over Midlothian caused personal injury and sparked another claim, this time for £4,000.
Defence chiefs have also paid out thousands to farmers who claimed the roar from low-flying jets had an impact on their chickens` egg-laying abilities.