Mangalore: Wild Animal on Airport Runway - Flight Operations Normal
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Update: 12.30 pm
Mangalore, May 31: In a bizarre incident, an animal, said to be a wild buffalo, barged into the runway at Bajpe airport here on Thursday May 31.
However, flight operations that were suspended for sometime have resumed and are running normally now, as per the latest reports.
Sources said that the animal was spotted on Thursday morning near the runway, and when workers tried to chase and catch it, it ran amok and then shot through the valley below.
Forest squad and Pilikula officials tried to catch the buffalo and tranquilize it.
The buffalo entered the runway from the nearby forest area, it is said.