Animals Are Attacking US Airways, Run For Your Lives

[Are_grits_groceries]

"No injuries were reported when a passenger jet hit a deer Wednesday evening while taxiing at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport," reported the Charlotte Observer. An airport official told the paper that it was a "freak accident."

Calls to CEO Doug Parker inquiring as to what he did to piss off Mother Nature were not made.

It happened shortly after 7:30 p.m., when US Airways Flight 3215 arrived from Nashville and was taxiing on Runway 36C, according to the FAA. The pilot was directing the craft to a gate when it hit the deer.

The plane, an Embraer 175, was carrying 53 passengers and a crew of three.

The only casualty was to the deer, which did not survive.

http://consumerist.com/5148224/animals-are-attacking-us-airways-run-for-your-lives

Probably illegaly froze the deer with lights. Note to self: Avoid US Airways.

[liberal N proud]

1. Alfred Hitchcock's tale "Birds" n/t

[Historic NY]

2. The damn deer keep banging on the side of my house...the bump in the night noise

I finally went to investigate & the had my place surrounded, 12 of them. They were standing on their hind legs to reach tree branches. We have a lot of snow cover here and they don't have much forage in the single digits to chose from.

[MiniMe]

3. "No injuries were reported"

Except to the deer?

[stuntcat]

4. :(

poor hapless dear.