A Lion Air Boeing 737-900 collided with a cow when landing on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The plane, on a domestic
route that started in Jakarta, landed at Jalaluddin Airport in Gorontalo
on Tuesday evening and hit one of three cows wandering on the runway.
The aircraft skidded off the runway and the cow was killed, though none of the 110 passengers on board were injured.
Several flights were
canceled and the airport was temporarily closed on Tuesday due to the
accident. Operations were resumed on Wednesday.
Gorontalo governor Rusli Habibie told the Jakarta Post the airport suffered from inadequate fencing.
"Lion Air management has
just told me that animals, particularly dogs, are often seen on the
runway," said Habibie. "This problem should be immediately resolved."
Government administrators
are due to meet with the National Transportation Safety Committee and
Jalaluddin Airport officials to discuss ways to prevent similar events
in future.
In April this year another Lion Air flight carrying 108 people to Bali crashed into the sea after missing the runway.
All 101 passengers and seven crew were evacuated with only a few injuries reported.
Culled from www.cnn.com
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