Mangalore: Wild Buffalo Revisits Airport Runway!
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Jun 3: The wild buffalo that had entered the runway at the Bajpe airport on Thursday May 31 once again made an appearance at the runway on Saturday June 2 at around 9 pm.
It may be recalled on May 31, chaos erupted on the runway after the wild buffalo was spotted in the morning and was chased into the valley.
Wild buffalo that's troubling the airport officials
On June 2, the buffalo entered the runway at night, but was spotted immediately and chased into the valley again. Flight operations remained unaffected.
An intense hunt for the buffalo will be carried out on Sunday June 3, sources said.
It is learnt that the forest department had advised the airport officials to extend height of the boundary wall, but it has not been done so. It is also said that trees in the surrounding forest area are being cut of late, due to which the buffalo wandered outside its habitat.
Forest officials also arrived at the spot.
Speaking to Daijiworld, airport director M R Vasudeva however denied that the incident took place.