Alaska Airlines plane hits deer during landing at California airport

Sunday, 07 Dec, 2015 0

An Alaska Airlines flight collided with a stray deer as it came in to land at Sonoma County Airport last week, the airline said.

A rare occurrence in the US, the deer was struck and died instantly but the plane landed safely.

Despite what was a potentially catastrophic incident, passengers were ‘largely unaware of what happened,’ according to airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan.

Egan said the plane was taken out of service for a full inspection and returned the following morning after damaged tires were replaced.

There was no other damage to the Bombardier Q-400 turboprop.

Flight 457 had arrived from Seattle for a scheduled stop before continuing to Los Angeles.

Passengers were taken off the plane and re-accommodated on other aircraft, Egan said.

The incident also caused the cancelation of two later flights.

A similar incident took place in India at the weekend when a SpiceJet plane was forced into evasive action as it hit a herd of wild boar.

The plane careered off the runway but there were no injuries reported.

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