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Oct 19, 2005 | 12:13 pm

MapleLeaf

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I'm sorry, your flight is delayed...

When it landed last night, it hit a coyote on the runway. We are still waiting for replacement parts.

This week in ART (Watertown, NY)

Oct 19, 2005 | 4:05 pm

hnechets

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If that coyote was hit by a landing airplane, they can get all the replacement parts they want for the poor animal, but I don't think they're gonna help much!

Oh! You meant.....never mind.

Oct 19, 2005 | 6:18 pm

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Why can't they just throw some spares on the next 747 due in at ART and get this problem fixed!?

Oct 20, 2005 | 6:37 am

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Similarly, at London City one day an Aer Lingus 146 pulled onto the stand with an obvious (and very dead) seagull impaled on a radio antenna.

We were 30 minutes late away, some poor engineer (doubtless the most junior one) had to go up on top of the fuselage to remove it and sort the aerial out. Yukkkk !

Oct 20, 2005 | 11:24 am

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So, would this be a good time to coin the term "airkill"?

Oct 20, 2005 | 11:43 am

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Originally Posted by chartreuse

So, would this be a good time to coin the term "airkill"?

flying coyote? ...more like rampkill...

Oct 20, 2005 | 12:11 pm

Analise

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Little Watertown has an airport? Next time, fly into Ottawa or Syracuse.

Oct 20, 2005 | 12:14 pm

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Yeah, but you can't fly cross-country to the other airports for $2.

Wildlife on the runway is a chronic problem in some parts of the world. Back in January, tsunami relief flights into Banda Aceh were interrupted after a 737 hit a cow on the runway.

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