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The elk herd survives the hard winters of Jackson Hole through a supplementary feeding program [1] and a lottery-based, permitted hunting program. [2] The elk have antlers which are shed each year- the Boy Scouts of America have been collecting the antlers under permit since 1968 [3] and selling them at auction, under agreement that 75% of the proceeds are returned to the refuge, where they ...
9 April 2004 – An Emirates Airbus A340-300 A6-ERN operating flight EK764 from Johannesburg to Dubai sustained serious damage during takeoff when it failed to become airborne before the end of the runway, striking 25 approach lights, causing four tyres to burst which in turn threw debris into various parts of the aircraft, ultimately damaging ...
On 30 June 1962, a Douglas DC-4 (registration ZS-BMH) operating a scheduled South African Airways flight from Johannesburg to Durban collided with a South African Air Force Harvard trainer. The DC-4 made a successful emergency landing with 46 passengers and 5 crew; the Harvard trainer crashed with its crew of two parachuting to safety.
South African Airways Flight 406, also known as The Rietbok Crash, was a scheduled passenger flight on 13 March 1967 that crashed into the sea on approach to East London, South Africa. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed.
Elk wintering at the National Elk Refuge in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, after migrating there during the fall As is true for many species of deer, especially those in mountainous regions, elk migrate into areas of higher altitude in the spring, following the retreating snows, and the opposite direction in the fall.
Debris from the failed engine caused the runway to be closed for 3 hours, resulting in numerous flight delays. [73] On 29 August 2016, A Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8, registration A7-BDB performing flight QR-1367 from Doha to Durban via Johannesburg, was on approach to Durban's runway 06 when a bird impacted the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft ...
In April 2010, the South African Minister of Transport proposed a Johannesburg–Durban high-speed rail system. [1] There are concerns about the cost and engineering difficulty of the project, [ 2 ] which would have to cross the Drakensberg mountains. [ 3 ]
The M4 is a north–south metropolitan route in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and partially in the KwaDukuza Local Municipality, South Africa. [1] It runs from the N2 at the defunct Durban International Airport to Ballito via the Durban Central Business District (CBD) and uMhlanga.