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Dash 8 Crashes Avoiding Donkey on the Runway

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A de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 PF plane owned by Bluebird Aviation has crash-landed today in Beletwein, Somalia. The Kenyan plane was operating a cargo flight from Djibouti to Beledweyne Airport when it crashed and caught fire. The aircraft was carrying humanitarian aid and food supplies. Only three crew members were on board at the time, and all managed to escape the fiery wreck without sustaining serious injury. Sources are reporting that the crash was caused by a donkey. The animal was… (simpleflying.com) More...

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ADXbear
ADXbear 2
How stupid.. almost kill yourselves and destroy an airplane over a donkey.. hit the dang thing would have been better...

Damage yes, but most likely repairable.. maybe the airport needs a fence?
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yr2012
matt jensen 1
The donkey was the baggage cart
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edallen628
Ed Allen 0
Wake up STUPID WORLD COMMON SENSE IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED FENCE THE AIRPORT YOU IDIOTS MY GOSH
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