Banda Aceh closed after 737 hits buffalo

itsdoctorv · Post by **itsdoctorv** » 04 Jan 2005, 10:06

That's the last thing they needed... At least it looks like the crew was OK.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiap ... index.html

C_J · Post by **C_J** » 04 Jan 2005, 10:26

I saw it on Dutch television too.
It looks like SE Asia gets all the bad luck...

sab319 · Post by **sab319** » 04 Jan 2005, 11:07

how is this possible??

unbelievable...

Mighty · Post by **Mighty** » 04 Jan 2005, 14:15

I thought that those animals were not that fast and are affreight for noise

.... or something.... I mean it is not a small animal.
you could have seen it coming I suppose ....
anyway it is unbelievable and they have surely a lot of bad luck!! terrible

SicilianFalcon · Post by **SicilianFalcon** » 04 Jan 2005, 15:17

It arrived in pitch blackness apparently so for the pilots to even expect a water buffalo on the runway in the first place yet alone in the dark is a bit beyond them. Is assume the perimeter of the airport is damaged in some way.

Forza 8)

OrientThai · Post by **OrientThai** » 04 Jan 2005, 15:23

The airport has now reopened:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 04 Jan 2005, 16:21

Airport Now Open. Relief Operations Continue.

regi · Post by **regi** » 04 Jan 2005, 18:19

Steak on the menu in Aceh today

earthman · Post by **earthman** » 04 Jan 2005, 18:22

It could have been hamburgers, had the buffalo been sucked into the engine.

regi · Post by **regi** » 04 Jan 2005, 18:23

To be serious I am not surprised at all by such accidents .
The local situation is complete chaos. Who bothers about some buffalos?
I remember Mae Hong Song airport, where an old chap chases away the dogs by thowing stones, each time an airplane wants to land. Local traffic also crosses the strip.
It is a crisis over there. They have other things on their heads.

BP · Post by BP » 04 Jan 2005, 18:41

That is really some bad luck. To think that the water buffalo survived the Tsunami and in the end it became sliced meat.

Glad to hear that no one got injured except for the buffalo

Post by **Bruspotter** » 04 Jan 2005, 18:56

Hello

Auch!!! Poor beast! Well, at least they had one good thing about it,
meat. An ofcourse it's very well that nobody got hurd and the airport
is reopened. Could have been again a disaterous thing if the airport had
to close for a long time.

Best regards: Yannick

buran · Post by **buran** » 04 Jan 2005, 21:20

I saw this vague picture on TV and the CNN website. Does anyone know the company and/or registration which was involved in the buffalo-incident ?

Greetings,

SicilianFalcon · Post by **SicilianFalcon** » 05 Jan 2005, 01:28

Ok so i did some searching !

TRI-MG Airlines

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/298006/M/

PK-YGM 737-2A9C

A Pig taking on a Buffalo huh

Cool stuff

Forza 8)

JohnA · Post by **JohnA** » 05 Jan 2005, 02:01

The wild Asian buffalo has a length of 2.4 - 3 m (7.8 - 9.8') and weighs 800 - 1200 kg (1800 - 2600 lb).

Moose: Males weigh on average over 550 kg (1200 lbs) and females often more than 400 kg (900 lbs). 8)