Close Encounter With An Emu

SAFE!

"An obvious error on the tower controller's end." The emu was the tower controller.

Wingscrubbers comment " Maybe the emu couldn't see the hold short line for the 'f*ckin long grass' " LOL & LOL .. the best comment eva!

As an Australian I can truly say;
1) not all Australians speak like that
2) DEFINITELY not all Australians FLY like that

BTW; if it hadn't been for his Sh!*#*ty F#*#*cken landing he WOULD have hit the emu! Full points to the emu for a slide any baseballer could be proud of LOL...

lol Did this bird just fall face first

I have Emu incursions turned of in Flight Sim X.

An obvious error on the tower controller's end.

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Think the Emu needs to review the "hotspots" on his jepps.

A very close call mate.....

I liked the way the Emu dove and slid to the side of the runway! LOL! He (or she?) was sliding into Third Base and a ball of feathers and dust!

lol runway incursion

Man, if that was the language when they didn't hit the poor sodding bird, what would it have been had they actually taken it out!

Well the Aussies are known for colorful language, pilots are no exception lol

Maybe the emu couldn't see the hold short line for the 'f*ckin long grass'

i think emu shold have stayed back 500 feet

Emu did not hold short of runway properly...

lol - Poor Emu. :)

That's freakiin hilarious! Probably scared the Emu S*&t-less! Dang glad they didn't hit the SOB. I'bet it'd be hard to find an A&P guy out there!