The perils of Canadian Aviation ...
 

We've got it easy in Europe

A CANLink Aviation Piper PA-44-180 Seminole (C-FZKH) on a local flight from Fredericton, NB (CYFC) reported hitting a skunk after landing Runway 27. No remains were recovered.

A Perimeter Aviation Swearingen SA226-TC (C-FIHE / PAG04) from Norway House, MB (CYNE) to Winnipeg, MB (CYWG) reported a possible rabbit strike while landing on Runway 31. No remains were found. There was no operational impact.

After landing, a WestJet Encore DHC-8-402 (C-FWEZ / WEN2350) from Calgary, AB (CYYC) to Brandon, MB (CYBR) reported that there were several rabbits on the runway during the landing roll and the aircraft may have hit one. A runway inspection was completed and no remains were found. There was no operational impact.

A Jazz DHC-8-402 (C-GBJZ / JZA8919) from Quebec, QC (CYQB) to Toronto, ON (CYYZ) reported a bird strike on Runway 05. Upon inspection multiple pieces of a gull were found. Aircraft on final were overshot, a Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777-200F (D-ALFC / GEC8164) from Frankfurt, Germany (EDDF) to CYYZ and an Icelandair Boeing 757 200 (TFFII / ICE603) from Keflavik, Iceland (BIKF) to CYYZ, and the approach of subsequent aircraft was cancelled to clean runway of foreign object debris (FOD).

After landing, an Air Inuit DHC-6 series 300 Twin Otter (C-GNDO/AIE604), from La Grande Rivière (CYGL), QC to Kuujjuarapik (CYGW), QC, reported two dogs inside the airport perimeter. A vehicle was requested to inspect the runway. No impact on operations.

There's often a coyote hanging around the runways at one of the local airports I fly into. Last time i landed there the tower helpfully told me " the coyotes currently asleep between the VASIS"

It didn't move at all.

MY OH has had wild turkeys take a stroll out in front of his plane as he was on his takeoff roll.

Does the fox still run across the runway at Manchester Barton (as it did in front of me a while back; apparently it was a regular).


ATR-72 in India ran over a crocodile on the runway during monsoon rains. I guess the Canadians have a way to go to equal these things elsewhere.

Trains in Africa have been occasionally derailed by charging Bull Elephants protecting their herd ahead. It must be a challenging sight for the locomotive crew to see coming.