6nov PICS: stray buffalo took out Boeing 737. LOTS of damage

[Stratofreighter]

Some buffalo strike, eh...
http://avherald.com/h?article=47ced020&opt=0

A Spicejet Boeing 737-800, registration VT-SGK performing flight SG-622 from Surat to Delhi (India) with 140 passengers and 6 crew,
was accelerating for takeoff from Surat Gujarat's runway 04 in darkness at 19:06L (13:36Z) when three stray buffalos entered the runway.

One of the buffalos was hit by the aircraft's left hand engine (CFM56), the crew rejected takeoff at about 80 knots after the collision and brought the aircraft to a safe stop about abeam the airport terminal, half way down the runway.

The passengers disembarked onto the runway via stairs and were taken to the terminal.

No injuries occured to humans, the buffalo was killed, the aircraft sustained substantial damage
to left hand engine and left hand fuselage
including damage to a static port and punctures to the fuselage skin.