China News Service, November 17th. According to the US "World Journal" report, when an American Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-700 passenger plane landed at Yakutat Airport on the 14th, a pair of mother and child brown bears suddenly broke into the airstrip. He died after being hit. This was the first time an airplane crashed into a bear.
According to reports, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities spokesman Dapovich said that as early as 10 minutes before the plane landed, the crew had cleared the runway and ensured that there were no obstacles on the runway.
Unexpectedly, when the plane landed, suddenly a mother and child brown bear broke into the runway.
Although the captain found that the situation was not right, because the plane was too close to the brown bear, the left side of the fuselage still slammed into the female bear, causing it to die on the spot, while the other 2-year-old bear escaped.
At the time of the accident, there were 6 passengers on the plane, and no casualties were caused by the accident.
The airline stated in a statement: "The nose gear did not hit the bear, but when the bear mother and her son passed under the aircraft, the captain felt the impact of the left fuselage."
After the accident, the left engine fairing of the passenger plane was damaged. It remained at Yakutat Airport on the 15th for maintenance, which is expected to take several days.
After the airport personnel worked together to dispose of the brown bear body, it was handed over to the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Department for further processing.
According to the report, Yakutat Airport is usually separated from the outside by fences, but airport personnel have been trained on the possibility of wild animals entering, and they will drive them out of the danger zone by driving or setting off fireworks. .
Dapovich pointed out that in the past, wild animals such as deer, geese, elk, etc. suddenly broke into the runway and were hit by planes, but it was the first time that they hit a bear.