Passenger jet skids off a runway after crashing into a cow when it was landing at airport in Indonesia

A Lion Air jet carrying 110 passengers veered off the runway in Indonesia



Had crashed into one of three cows that wandered in its path

No injuries were reported but the flights have been cancelled

Pilot Iwan Permadi said that he could smell ‘burning meat' after the crash



A passenger jet hit a cow when landing and skidded off the runway in Indonesia.

The Lion Air jet carrying 110 passengers and seven crew crashed into one of three cows that were wandering on the runway in Gorontalo, on Sulawesi Island.

No injuries were reported, but the incident forced the cancellation of flights, stranding hundreds of passengers traveling for the Eid holiday.



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A Lion Air plane with 110 passengers on board overran the runway after crashing into a cow in Djalaluddin Airport runway, Gorontalo, North Sulawesi

Transportation Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said three cows were on the runway, and the plane hit at least one of them and careened off the runway before coming to a stop.

The condition of the cows was unclear.

Pilot Iwan Permadi told Antara news agency that he could smell ‘burning meat’ during the incident, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.

He had thought there were dogs on the runway, but soon found out they were cows.

Pilot Iwan Permadi told Antara news agency that he could smell 'burning meat' during the incident

An Indonesia National Committee for Transportation Safety employee checking the engine of the lion air plane

The plane suffered minor damage and skidded into the field next to the runway.

According to local media it had left Jakarta and also had a stopover in Makassar, on Sulawesi.

Indonesia has Asia’s worst aviation safety records.

It is uncertain what happened to the cow. Three had wandered onto the runway when the plane landed (stock image)

In April, a Lion Air plane belly-flopped into the ocean just short of the runway off the resort island of Bali. All 108 people aboard survived.

The company has also put in orders with Airbus and Bowing. It has an aim to own 1000 planes within 10 years.