A small airport in Alaska came to a screeching halt when an Alaska Airlines passenger jet struck at least two deer crossing the runway at the wrong time. The incident unfolded Thursday morning at around 8 a.

Alaska Airlines operates 238 Boeing aircraft, 87 Embraer planes, and 45 additional planes through Horizon Air. The Seattle-based company is the fifth-largest airline in the U.S., serving more than 44 million passengers annually.