Rotorwork Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 From the Herald Sun A MELBOURNE-bound passenger plane has hit a kangaroo after it strayed on to a runway at the regional airport in Victoria’s northwest. The Rex Airlines flight ZL3653 had to be cancelled after it struck the animal in the initial stages of takeoff about 6.30am. An airline spokeswoman said the kangaroo hit the 34-seater plane’s right propeller. “Takeoff was rejected and the aircraft is still in Mildura,” the spokeswoman said. She said none of the plane’s occupants were hurt. Passengers were shifted on to alternative flights and have since all made it to Melbourne. The spokeswoman said the Saab 340 twin-turboprop’s propeller was damaged in the collision, with engineers to assess the extent of the impact. Mildura Airport is surrounded by fences, so it’s not known how the kangaroo made it on to the tarmac. 1
skeptic36 Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Mildura Airport is surrounded by fences, so it’s not known how the kangaroo made it on to the tarmac. Hope he had his ASIC card with him, or he's gonna be in a lotta trouble 3 1 6
SDQDI Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 A kangaroo that gets through a fence, fair dinkum I've never heard of the like. Ok to be fair I haven't seen the fence at mildura so can't really judge but to be roo proof it would have to be good. Most roos I've seen on a strip was at west Wyalong, hundreds of them on the cross strip. Sounds like they are tough on you at mildura if you don't have an ASIC. This one got beheaded! 1 3
rankamateur Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Only thing that is certain, if one roo got through there will be others and the hole in the fence will be getting bigger. 1 1
Pearo Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Years ago I was a passenger in a car driving along a 6' fence out west at night. A roo jumped the fence and cleared the car. I was very drunk at the time, but the driver who was sober confirmed that it was not my imagination. There were also 2 passengers in the backseat who will also testify that I was not imagining it. 1
Jabiru Phil Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 Mildura Airport is surrounded by fences, so it’s not known how the kangaroo made it on to the tarmac. Hope he had his ASIC card with him, or he's gonna be in a lotta trouble The Gestapo could have been checking airside, as usual!
Guest ozzie Posted July 30, 2015 Posted July 30, 2015 If it is a ASIC fence then it only goes half way around the airport.
Guernsey Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 I've seen a big red roo jump an airfield boundary fence and hang on to the tail of a Qantas aircraft on climb out, and the roo didn't fall off. !!! Unbelievable. . Alan. 1 2
Gnarly Gnu Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 how's the roo? Just as well it wasn't Cecil the lion, have to shut the airline down due to outrage. 2
ev17ifly2 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Just as well it wasn't Cecil the lion, have to shut the airline down due to outrage. Having shot poor old Cecil I believe the big brave dentist is now on the lookout for a trophy Gnu ! 3 1
Ferris Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Good thing it was a roo, not a swan or the crowd would be booing. 2 2
Guernsey Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Wasn't it a white roo?[ATTACH=full]37135[/ATTACH] Absolutely not, it was not an albino or a white painting but a large red roo...don't you believe me ? . 1
facthunter Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 In NSW they have HOO ROO's at the end of a conversation. Would that be jumping to a conclusion? Nev
Birdseye Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 Whoever allowed this to happen is in for the high jump. Quick, somebody call Dick and tell him it was ASA at fault.
Phil Perry Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 Years ago I was a passenger in a car driving along a 6' fence out west at night. A roo jumped the fence and cleared the car. I was very drunk at the time, but the driver who was sober confirmed that it was not my imagination. There were also 2 passengers in the backseat who will also testify that I was not imagining it. Three independent sober witnesses you say, . . . .OK, I guess we'll believe you then. . . . Dunno if you ever read an article claiming to be from Australasian Post, where a Roo allegedly, went throught the front windscreen of a Greyhound bus,. . .bounced down the aisle and exited through the rear window without injuring any of the passengers thereon. . . or was this another generic Bushman's tale cynically designed to fool us gullible Poms and thereby possibly reduce by fear the numbers of us wishing to migrate to the Lucky Country ? 2
turboplanner Posted August 2, 2015 Posted August 2, 2015 It was a Pom story, along with the other one about the driver who hit and badly injured a roo, so he took off his coat and put it around the roo which promptly recovered its sense and hopped off with his coat containing his wallet.
skeptic36 Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 It was a Pom story, along with the other one about the driver who hit and badly injured a roo, so he took off his coat and put it around the roo which promptly recovered its sense and hopped off with his coat containing his wallet. Must have been a good story, they made a movie out of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRTWGtMulLA
Litespeed Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Three independent sober witnesses you say, . . . .OK, I guess we'll believe you then. . . . Dunno if you ever read an article claiming to be from Australasian Post, where a Roo allegedly, went throught the front windscreen of a Greyhound bus,. . .bounced down the aisle and exited through the rear window without injuring any of the passengers thereon. . . or was this another generic Bushman's tale cynically designed to fool us gullible Poms and thereby possibly reduce by fear the numbers of us wishing to migrate to the Lucky Country ? No that was a story to make Poms feel safer about coming and driving around Oz. The reality is normally far more deadly. As a child I would travel the Hay plains several times a year at night in the 70's. The average trip did involve either hitting a roo (in a bull barred bus) or seeing the results of a car hitting one. A bus hitting one was a big mess, the potential for a roo onboard was still real and a potential killer for the driver and hence all on board. A car hitting one especially without a bull/roo bar was nearly always devastating. Some bounce off, some destroy the car if lucky. Often the car then would crash and you might survive. Others were truly tragic- all on board dead. A big roo through the screen will at best make a very painful mess. Once the roo apparently survived only to thrash about and kill all in the car, which then crashed. Coroner said they died from roo not the crash. This was 1978. I still have vivid memories of this after seeing the car at the police station- something you will never forget. It is the low flying roo that can kill. I remember my Uncle driving overnight from Hay to Goulburn on christmas day. He arrived late. A look at his Kingswood wagon with roo bar said it all. The bar was a mess, but the roo had clipped the bar and went straight into the screen/A pillar on the passenger side. The passenger side was full of blood, furr and dead bits of roo. I really doubt a passenger would have survived. My uncle was made of very stern stuff, I have never seen such a badly damaged car still be driven- shock I guess. He was covered in blood and his skin like a ghost. We don't have Moose but we do have Roo's and Moose don't jump into your path. As a motorcyclist, riding out west at night can be russian roulette. A rider I knew died hitting a roo. Another a cow- but they don't jump. 1
Phil Perry Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 Thanks for that story Sir. Interesting. Where I now live, very close to a heavily timbered area called Cannock Chase, there are large herds of Deer, which have killed a number of drivers at night over the years, they tend to run into the middle of the road, and stop dead when they see the car headlights. . . . I've succesfully failed to hit a couple of them, purely by luck not judgement I should add. There is a 40 mph ( wozzat ? about 67 Km/hr ) speed limit in force everywhere on the chase, but most motorists don't take any notice, which is why they keep getting problems. The deer have no natural predators in this part of the UK, some wag has suggested re - introducing wolves to balance the numbers naturally, but dunno if that's a good idea with parties of schoolkids and families, walkers and off road cyclists and campers all over the forest for most of the time in reasonable weather, so that idea has been shelved for now, but they are considering it in more rural areas of the UK, Forest of Dean is another, much bigger woodland area where the deer numbers are getting out of control also. Bloke hit one on his Lambretta retro scooter just up the road from here a couple of weeks ago and survived, but with serious multiple injuries, this was an odd one as he was hit from the side apparently. Nothing on the news as he wasn't black, lesbian, muslim or transgender.
Litespeed Posted August 3, 2015 Posted August 3, 2015 I expect bambie is a bigger risk over there. My Brother and I used to run Mk111 Moto Guzzi's. His bike's previous owner meet a cow at Philip Island- side on. The bike was resurrected - the owner was not. Occasionally you see a roo jump on the track at Bathurst, luckily small ones.
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