Jet Lands Safely After It Hits Deer on Runway
United Press International
DENVER —
A Continental Airlines jet taking off for Salt Lake City early today hit a deer on the runway but completed its takeoff and made an emergency landing, authorities said.
An airport spokesman said the deer, which was killed, apparently jumped the security fence separating the airport from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal property. Continental Flight 403--an MD-80 with about 70 people on board--landed safely with emergency vehicles standing by.
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