Accident: SA Express DH8C at Kimberly on Jul 16th 2010, aardvark strike [UPDATE]

23.07.2010 - 18:58

Aardvarks (Photo: Scotto Bear)A South African Express Airways de Havilland Dash 8-300, registration ZS-NLY performing flight XZ-1107/SA-1107 from Johannesburg to Kimberly (South Africa), had just touched down with its main gear on Kimberly s runway 20, the nose gear about to touch down, when the nose gear struck an aardvark on the runway and bent backwards. The crew managed to stop the aircraft on the runway centerline, no injuries occured. The runway had to be closed until the aircraft could be moved off the runway. An aardvark ("earth pig") is not related to pigs but is a nocturnal mammal native in Africa, the closest relatives of which are elephant shrews, tenrecs, hyraxes, and elephants. ZS-NLY after the aardvark strike: Read the article at http://avherald.com/h?articleBe66f33 Modify your subscription at http://avherald.com/h?login