Spicejet Plane Hits Buffalo

Almost two days after a SpiceJet flight was hit by a buffalo at the Surat airport, authorities carried out air searches to find if more stray animals could still be inside the airport premises spread over 700 acres.

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.

Almost two days after a SpiceJet flight was hit by a buffalo at the Surat airport, authorities carried out air searches to find if more stray animals could still be inside the airport premises spread over 700 acres.

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.