may I borrow your towel? my plane hit a stray water buffalo...
Posted on 11/07/2014 8:16:57 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
An Indian airliner crashed into a stray buffalo during take-off from the western city of Surat although no passengers or crew were hurt, the plane's operator, SpiceJet Ltd, said on Friday.
The airline was forced to ground the Boeing 737 which suffered "substantial damages", it said.
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Thank god for the RTO switch and autobrakes
Buffalo Gal?
That’s a pain in the anise.
I think we may have offended the buffalo.
Broom? She hitched a ride with Hillary?
My first foray into a 3rd world country included going into a holding pattern while I watched a woman shepherd sheep off the runway.
I did wonder, “What the hell am I getting myself into?”
Initially, there was confusion between the pilots and the airport officials regarding the actual nature of the animal that was hit. Following the impact with the stray buffalo, the pilot aborted the takeoff sequence and brought the plane to a complete halt. Passengers sitting inside the plane say the impact with the buffalo was heavy and very noticeable.
How do the RTO switch and autobrakes work?
“Girls, do you detect that musky, husky bison aroma?
Your mother is home! Now, go and rub her hooves.”
She more than likely stole vroombroom one from the hidden whitehouse closet.
When you are doing your preflight checklist you set the autobrake switchto RTO. (Rejected Take Off)
When you start your take off roll if anything happens (like hitting a cow) that slows you down below V1 (decision speed) you hit the brakes and it automatically applies full braking .
If you are above V1 you take off, because if you try to stop you will run out of runway
The plow took the bulk of the impact.
See post 50
I wonder if it was a Brahman bull. You know, the sacred cow?
This old boy probably had the run of the place and wandered onto the runway.
Forget fancy technology.
They should try the American solution: we herd a Brahma through chutes into a pen, cinch its nuts up tight, then ride it. When it can’t perform any longer, we eat it.
Those bulls behave themselves.
Yum.
may I borrow your towel? my plane hit a stray water buffalo...
Flight Attendant: Ladies and Gentlemen due to a slight mechanical problem the in flight meal has been changed to a BBQ Party on the Tarmack.
Buffalo- it’s what’s for Dinner.
Ground beef.
Where’s the outrage? Didn’t the left all give Sarah Palin grief for supposedly hunting with a plane?/S
Worse- The SB2C Helldiver comes to mind. Late, over budget and trouble prone the helldiver was also known as “son of a bitch, second class”. I’d forgotten about the Finns success with the buffalo, though. I just remember the mauling they took at Midway. After that they were pulled from frontline service.
CC
Further Investigation has determined that the Buffalo was female and backed into a turbo-prop.
Disaster.
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