Dash 8 hits Aardvark

[Erlanger]

I think this is news worthy cause how often do you hear of an Aardvark strike?

A South African Express Airways de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration ZS-NLY performing flight XZ-1107/SA-1107 from Johannesburg to Kimberly (South Africa), had just touched down with its main gear on Kimberly's runway 20, the nose gear about to touch down, when the nose gear struck an aardvark on the runway and bent backwards. The crew managed to stop the aircraft on the runway centerline, no injuries occured.

The runway had to be closed until the aircraft could be moved off the runway.

An aardvark ("earth pig") is not related to pigs but is a nocturnal mammal native in Africa, the closest relatives of which are elephant shrews, tenrecs, hyraxes, and elephants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aardvarks.jpg

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Poor Aardvark!

 

[Raoul Duke]

ALPA should put out a safety bulletin to alert pilots to the significant risks posed by Aardvarks - the FAA and TSA should ban their import into the US.

 

[Erlanger]

And if aardvarks aren't getting run over than it's people. How does this guy get himself under the nosewheel on pushback?

An Air India Airbus A321-200, flight IC-602 from Mumbai to New Delhi (India) with 53 passengers, was being pushed back, when the nose gear ran over the legs of a ground worker causing fractures and serious injuries to the man's legs. The airplane was stopped, the worker taken to a local hospital. A replacement aircraft departed to New Delhi about one hour later.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

And if aardvarks aren't getting run over than it's people. How does this guy get himself under the nosewheel on pushback?

An Air India Airbus A321-200, flight IC-602 from Mumbai to New Delhi (India) with 53 passengers, was being pushed back, when the nose gear ran over the legs of a ground worker causing fractures and serious injuries to the man's legs. The airplane was stopped, the worker taken to a local hospital. A replacement aircraft departed to New Delhi about one hour later.

More importantly....how did that break the airplane?!

 

[Raoul Duke]

exactly, get a hose, spray off the nose gear and leave.

 

[CX880]

did the aardvark survive?

 

[Erlanger]

did the aardvark survive?

The news clip only mentions that;

The runway had to be closed until the aircraft could be moved off the runway.

Nothing about the aardvark having to be removed or any cleanup. LOL!

 

[tomgoodman]

They're really fast

Hitting an Aardvark is hard to do. :smash:
http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/f-111_aardvark.pl#photos

 

[chqflyer]

Eeeeeew. I googled aardvark to see what the thing looks like. It's like some mutant pig, jack rabbit, armadillo hybrid. I can see how it would dent up an airplane with it's looks alone!

 

[WSurf]

53 Pax on a Airbus 321. Wow, nice load factor there. Non Rev's Heaven!!

 

[Erlanger]

If planes aren't hitting an aardvark or a person than it's a deer.

A Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200, flight 9E-4084/DL-4084 from Detroit, MI to Ithaca, NY (USA), struck a deer during the roll out in Ithaca. No injuries occured, the airplane received minor damage to the right hand flaps.

 

[CX880]

If planes aren't hitting an aardvark or a person than it's a deer.

A Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200, flight 9E-4084/DL-4084 from Detroit, MI to Ithaca, NY (USA), struck a deer during the roll out in Ithaca. No injuries occured, the airplane received minor damage to the right hand flaps.

How do you damage just the flaps of a CRJ-200? Did the deer try to do a spreadeagle to avoid the airplane?>

 

[Erlanger]

I'd like to know who wrote this story. Damn impatient kids, can't stay put! (This story is as it appeared. I did not edit it in any way.)


A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800, registration 5Y-KYD performing flight KQ-317 from Muscat (Oman) to Nairobi (Kenya), was on approach to Nairobi about 15 minutes prior to estimated landing when an unborn became so impatient, that it "stormed" on board of the aircraft. Cabin crew prepared the aisle as a delivery room, where the baby girl made its first cry about 15 minutes later just after touch down and amidst cheering passengers. Mother and baby are doing well.

Kenya Airways said, their crew were well trained and were cheered by passengers after they successfully "midwifed" the baby. The flight was packed but passengers and crew were more than happy to make room for the extra passenger.

 

[CX880]

I'd like to know who wrote this story. Damn impatient kids, can't stay put! (This story is as it appeared. I did not edit it in any way.)


A Kenya Airways Boeing 737-800, registration 5Y-KYD performing flight KQ-317 from Muscat (Oman) to Nairobi (Kenya), was on approach to Nairobi about 15 minutes prior to estimated landing when an unborn became so impatient, that it "stormed" on board of the aircraft. Cabin crew prepared the aisle as a delivery room, where the baby girl made its first cry about 15 minutes later just after touch down and amidst cheering passengers. Mother and baby are doing well.

Kenya Airways said, their crew were well trained and were cheered by passengers after they successfully "midwifed" the baby. The flight was packed but passengers and crew were more than happy to make room for the extra passenger.

Makes sense to me. It's written in Kenyenglish but still makes sense.

 

[JustaNumber]

And if aardvarks aren't getting run over then it's people. How does this guy get himself under the nosewheel on pushback?

Not many realize the significant hazard of a large aircraft tire in motion. I remember being told in ramper ground school a couple decades ago that all a large moving tire has to do is touch your leg while you're not looking, and its friction and momentum will pull you down and run you over, even if it's moving at 1 mph. I just know I wouldn't want 100 tons on top of me.