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RegisterPosted by: squarecutter
« on: December 31, 2024, 12:57:43 pm »Im surprised none of them got electrocuted . They could have got into the wiring
Posted by: David M. Katz
« on: December 16, 2024, 11:00:08 pm »
Posted by: stevieweeks
« on: December 16, 2024, 06:00:53 pm »A KLM flight (KL 685) from Amsterdam to Mexico City was diverted to Bermuda on Sunday because of an obnoxious odour from the cargo compartment which rendered flying conditions in the cockpit rather difficult... the cause was found to be a cargo of 100 pigs that had been loaded by some nimrod of a load master into a passenger plane instead of a cargo plane.
Another animal related incident occurred on TAP flight TP 1865 from Lisbon to Ponta Delgada on November 17; this time the flight was not diverted as the problem was not discovered until after a normal landing. A cage full of hamsters in transit to a pet store broke open in flight and all the critters escaped. The plane had to be grounded until all the hamsters were rounded up; hamsters are, of course, rodents and the situation was actually serious... the creatures may well have decided to gnaw upon the aeroplane's wiring and as a result it had to be carefully inspected for any damage. I have not seen the follow up so I don't know when or if the plane returned to service.
Another animal related incident occurred on TAP flight TP 1865 from Lisbon to Ponta Delgada on November 17; this time the flight was not diverted as the problem was not discovered until after a normal landing. A cage full of hamsters in transit to a pet store broke open in flight and all the critters escaped. The plane had to be grounded until all the hamsters were rounded up; hamsters are, of course, rodents and the situation was actually serious... the creatures may well have decided to gnaw upon the aeroplane's wiring and as a result it had to be carefully inspected for any damage. I have not seen the follow up so I don't know when or if the plane returned to service.