Runway incursion - calf !!!!

[aussiepax]

AN airliner with 141 passengers hit a calf while landing at an airport in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.

The Merpati Nusantara Airlines Boeing 737 was landing at Merauke airport in southwest Papua when the calf ran across the runway, the the state Antara news agency reported today.

The Boeing suffered damage to its left engine but no one was injured, the head of the airport, Herson, told Antara.

"A calf ran very fast from Jati village on the eastern side of the airport and the airplane couldn't avoid it,'' Herson said, adding that the airport was not fully fenced in.

The report did not say if the calf was killed.

Airport safety across Indonesia has come under the spotlight following a string of deadly air accidents in past years.


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23121751-5001028,00.html

[Willezurmacht]

They should have the airport de-calfinated.

[Half Bottle]

They should have the airport de-calfinated.
We need nogo to start a thread: "Do Indonesians eat calfs?"

[Willezurmacht]

I wonder what the veal-ocity of the calf was after collision?

[11Fan]

This thread schould be mooooved to the Off Topic Forum.

[ATFS_Crash]

That's udder nonsense

[orangehuggy]

they really must beef up airport security over there

[Gabriel]

Very funny.

If I knew what a claf is...

[Brad1711]

Very funny.

If I knew what a claf is...Don't have a cow, man!

[jkstark]

AN airliner with 141 passengers hit a calf while landing at an airport in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.


While living in Chittagong (VGEG) during the late 70's/early 80's, I remember how the control tower had a bell mounted on one of the rafters. The controllers would start ringing the bell approximately 10 minutes prior to aircraft operations on the runway to warn locals to get off the runway, and take their livestock with them. At five minutes, another peal of the bell, and then every minute thereafter...

Then again, this was also the time when I was able to go unchallaned up to the tower at any time...

Kris

[DeskFlyer]

Surely such a fast moving calf would be fitted with an audible warning horn?

[aussiepax]

here's what happened :


http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/pic04/fly-cow5.jpg

[ATFS_Crash]

here's what happened :


http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/pic04/fly-cow5.jpg
Great Photo. Shows the Cowling well. ;)

[Dmmoore]

here's what happened :


http://www.zenithair.com/stolch701/pic04/fly-cow5.jpg

I :heart: it!
Too bad it;s not MOOving.

[Lancer]

Come folks...you're really milking this one...

[Arrow]

Lancer's right. You're going whey overboard

[Dmmoore]

I guess you're right. We have milked it for all it's worth.

[Arrow]

I guess you're right. We have milked it for all it's worth.

I think we've curd that one before, DM

[aussiepax]

a lot of rumination in this post

[mawheatley]

The report did not say if the calf was killed.

If the impact was severe enough to cause damage to the Boeing's engine, my guess is that the report didn't really need to! (Anyway, if they said the calf survived, most readers would have thought it was just a load of bull!)