Sumatra airport reopens for relief effort

The main airport on Indonesia’s tsunami-battered Sumatra island reopened today after being closed for hours when a relief plane hit a herd of cows on landing.

The main airport on Indonesia’s tsunami-battered Sumatra island reopened today after being closed for hours when a relief plane hit a herd of cows on landing.

The crippled jet blocked the runway at Banda Aceh, hampering the world’s still-fragile efforts to get aid to victims of the disaster.

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