A Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong, on takeoff, annihilates a coyote to the consternation of several 1 a.m. charter arrivals.
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CADORS: 2009O0179
The Cathay Pacific Airlines Limited Boeing 747-400 series aircraft (operating as flight CPA827) had departed on a scheduled IFR flight from Toronto (LBPIA) (CYYZ) to Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong (China) (VHHH). At approximately 0600Z, the flight crew of UAL1112 reported a large animal on runway 23 between taxiway intersections HOTEL2 and HOTEL4. MAINTENANCE95 responded and found the remains of a dead coyote in pieces. The previous departure was CPA827 at 0537Z. The runway was closed from 0600Z until 0625Z. Ops. impact - one (1) aircraft landed on runway 15L, three (3) aircraft landed on runway 24R.