Posted on 11/01/2002 11:41:19 AM PST by Skooz
By Gina Holt
A schnauzer who escaped from a travel kennel was shot as it ran across the runway at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Tuesday night. The dog got out of its kennel, ran on the ramp and then out onto the runway about 5:20 p.m., said Ted Bushelman, director of communications for the airport. "We did everything to try to catch him," he said. "He was running toward the runway. We just can't let it out on the runway. That was our heaviest time for take-offs." Planes cannot take off when objects are on the runway because the engines tend to suck up everything around the plane. "The headlines could have read: `Because airport police didn't shoot dog, 120 people died last night,' " Mr. Bushelman said. "That's a sad situation," Nick Miller, spokesman for Comair said Thursday. "We're still trying to determine how the dog was able to get out of its kennel box." He said the cause needs to be determined so that it doesn't happen again. A Tennessee breeding service company flew the dog out of the Tri-City Airport in North East Tennessee. "The animal had a final destination of Des Moines, Iowa," Mr. Miller said. "The dog was not with a family."
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LOL, trust me, I was thinking of exactly that when I made the post, but I did not want to be non PC and say it.
Note one of my earlier posts about the FOD walks I "enjoyed". NOTHING can be on the ground for aircraft engines to injest. They WILL pull things right off the ground.
Saw that 1/2 second after clicking "post".
Pink mist, maybe?
Without benefit of having an airplane wrapped around you at the time...
Although, there is significant danger to light aircraft operating on the ground in close proximity to jet aircraft. At takeoff power, commercial jets throw a 100 MPH wind wake about 200 feet behind them. Even at idle, they throw a serious wake a good 175 feet behind them which will really rattle a C172.
"Send the new guy to supply for ten yards of flight line and a couple of cans of jet wash."
I'm not even going to begin to discuss airborne wake turbulence...
Yeow! Before it (the engine or his hearing, or both) was destroyed, he must have heard sounds the likes of which are only now beginning to be approximated by rap and heavy metal groups...
I read a story once about a bunch of tourists being flown out of a Canadian resort. Their charter hit a moose during takeoff roll (the charter, not the moose). Their stay was extended for a few days while a replacement aircraft was flown in...
At least the hotel served them moose steaks out of the deal.
Why don't they put some kind of metal 'mesh' over them? Also, I agree that a tranqualizer should have been used.
Short answer - adverse effect on sucking air in.
LVM
I read a story about one lady who did just the opposite. When the vet diagnosed her aging dog with a liver tumor, she and her hubby spent around $5,000 for an operation and post-operative care, rather than have the dog put to sleep. Later on, the dog noticed that her newborn baby had stopped breathing, alerted the mother, and basically saved the baby's life. So just because a dog is "no fun," anymore, does not mean it doesn't still have some value...
I know what happens when gremlins throw things into them. Ever seen Twilight Zone: The Movie?
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