Plane hits cow

Thursday, 29 Jan, 2008 0

PAPUA – An airliner with 141 passengers onboard yesterday hit a calf while landing at an airport in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua, the state Antara news agency reported.

The Merpati Nusantara Airlines Boeing 737 was landing at Merauke airport in southwest Papua when the calf ran across the runway, the agency said.

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.



 

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