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Tue 10 Aug, 2004 11:34 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A cat running loose on a Belgian commercial flight attacked a pilot and forced the crew to turn back to the airport.
The grey cat, named "Gin", broke out of its cage about 20 minutes after take-off and scurried to the cockpit where it scratched the co-pilot, SN Brussels Airlines said on Tuesday.
The flight with 62 crew and passengers had left Brussels for Vienna on Monday when the cat, a prized animal that travels to cat shows around the world, started wandering around the passenger cabin.
"The passenger was asleep and at that point the cat managed to escape the cage," an airline spokesman said.
The cat managed to slip through the cockpit door as a flight attendant served lunch to the pilots.
The scared animal was "very aggressive and scratched the co-pilot", forcing the crew to return to the airport, the spokesman said.
The passengers were put on another flight to Vienna, without the cat and its owner, who had to take a separate flight there.
They failed to mention this was a well-trained Iraq attack cat!
The pussy was just defending her cockpit.
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We have a rather aggressive cat. When the news of cat cloning came out, my husband asked, 'What if the terrorists get a hold of him!?'
This one doesn't even seem to need any training!
Doh! Karzak just posted the same story. Too funny.
haha
Karzak...what a guy he is
i like his avatar...
Wimps. One little cat scratch, and they turn the plane around?
The cat was clearly holding a box-cutter.
I guess they forgot to x-ray his shoes.