BETTER THAN HITTING IT AT 30,000 FEET

Jetliner hits bear on runway in Southeast Alaska

(Thanks to Jane Linderman)

Comments

[Rod Nunley]

First it was toilet snakes. Now it's runway bears. 2020 will be the most legendary year ever.

[Le Petomane]

On the bright side, someone will get a nice bear rug and there will be a goodly portion of bear meat to go around.

[man tom]

The bear wishes she would have stayed where she was supposed to be, sh*ttin' in the woods.

*I'll be busy later using a jack to try and lift a 400 plus pound piece of equipment currently wedged in tight where it's not supposed to be. So, I will be limited in time I have available to post comments about bears and their natural habitats all day. I may later on have something to say about who falls asleep first after having peat slippage sex, men or women.

[cfjk]

It's not the pilot's fault as he saw the "bear left" sign when he got to the airport.

[Mike]

When I was learning how to fly, I almost hit a deer, while flying...

It was a night flight and I was coming in for a landing

[cfjk]

Was it on Christmas Eve?

[Rudolph]

Alternate headline: Brown Bear Causes Brown Shorts for Alaskan Airlines Pilot

[Steverino]

Better a bear than a moose.

[Flathead County Frank]

Alas, poor Yogi, we knew him well. Thousands of picnic baskets disappeared due to his appetite and preference of prepared food over foraging and raiding bee trees.

We,and the people of Air Alaska, and their insurance company will remember him for a long while. His hide will be lovingly displayed in the CEO's, main office to keep Yogi's memory alive and act as a reminder to increase pilot training to include dodging slow bears on the runway.

[PirateBoy]

Landing a large jet must be a real bear.