To forgive is divine; To delay a flight is feline......

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Loose cat in cockpit delays Air Canada flight
Feline takeoff keeps plane on tarmac

CBC News
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 9:34 AM AT
Last Updated: Jan 25, 2012 11:38 PM AT


An escaped cat kept an Air Canada flight grounded for several hours on Wednesday.

Flight 603 was supposed to leave Halifax for Toronto just after 5:30 a.m. but the takeoff was delayed when a cat escaped from its carrier in the plane's cabin and fled to the cockpit. The feline bolted when the door to the carrier was inadvertently opened by a passenger who was attempting to put luggage in an overhead compartment.

"It's hilarious, really. It's so random," passenger Kyle Warkentin told CBC News.

Warkentin first heard about the trouble when a flight attendant announced they were looking for a cat. Ten minutes stretched into 20. More time went by with no sign of Ripples the cat. The attendants apologized for the delay. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/01/25/ns-loose-cat-plane.html

[HopeHoops]

1. "All hope was lost until Fluffy took the controls and landed the plane"