Plane hits speeding calf
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A Merpati Airlines Boeing 737 landing at an airport in southwest Papua hit a runaway calf.
An AFP report quoting Antara news agency said the plane’s left engine was damaged but did not say if the calf was killed.
“A calf ran very fast from Jati village on the eastern side of the airport and the airplane couldn’t avoid it,” an airport official was quoted saying, adding that the airport was not fully fenced.
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