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Bat on a plane

By Scott Weese on April 12, 2012
Posted in Other animals

Don’t tell Samuel L. Jackson (Snakes on a Plane was bad enough), but on August 2011, a bat was found flying through the cabin of a plane shortly after take-off from Wisconsin. Failing to heed the seat belt sign, it flew around the cabin a few times before it was eventually trapped in…

Dog causes airplane diversion

By Scott Weese on December 7, 2010
Posted in Dogs

Bomb threat? Yes.

Heart attacks? Sure.

Mechanical problems? Absolutely.

Aggressive passengers? Yes.

But a 12-pound dog? Apparently so.

"Mandy," a Manchester terrier, has joined the exclusive club of causes of airplane diversions.

Mandy and her owner were flying from Newark to Phoenix on a US Airways flight. The dog was sedated and in an airline-approved cage under…

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