Buffalo On Runway

Suddenly, we heard a loud boom, writes a passenger.

Seconds before take-off from Surat in Gujarat on Thursday evening, a SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers on board thudded to a stop; it had hit a buffalo that had strolled on to the runway through a gap in the airport's boundary wall.

A day after a SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers hit a buffalo that strayed onto the runway at the Surat airport in Gujarat the Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered an investigation and a security review of all airports in the country.

Suddenly, we heard a loud boom, writes a passenger.

Seconds before take-off from Surat in Gujarat on Thursday evening, a SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers on board thudded to a stop; it had hit a buffalo that had strolled on to the runway through a gap in the airport's boundary wall.

A day after a SpiceJet flight with 140 passengers hit a buffalo that strayed onto the runway at the Surat airport in Gujarat the Civil Aviation Ministry has ordered an investigation and a security review of all airports in the country.