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September 30, 2008

Juneau’s Airport is a Bear-Free Zone - For Now, Anyway

Filed under: Airport, Animals, Alaska — anne @ 9:30 am
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Yes, you won’t be finding any grizzlies at Juneau International at the moment - but this is not to say you shouldn’t keep a sharp eye out in the parking lot.

According to a report in the Kansas City Star, there was an “accidental discharge of anti-bear spray” at the airport that serves Alaska’s capital - and it shut down the airport for 90 minutes.

Now I’ve got some questions:

  • 1. Why do people from Kansas care about this?
  • 2. What’s in bear repellent - I mean, what could possibly repel them — the smell of Godzilla?
  • 3. What was “anti-bear spray” doing at the airport?
  • 4. Did the Governor have any comment on this?

If any of you out there can provide answers, our operators are standing by.

March 20, 2008

Mouse tries to fly to Atlanta. Had he found a cheap airfare sale?

Filed under: Delays, Animals — anne @ 11:25 am
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Can’t imagine how I missed this. An Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight attendant was arriving for work at dawn for a Des Moines to Atlanta flight when she spotted a stowaway.

Eek! A mouse!

So naturally that led to a 5-hour delay. Workers had to see if he gnawed through anything important, like the “this-cable-flies-the-plane” cable.

So what happened next?

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August 15, 2007

Crocs on a Plane!

Filed under: Airport, Airplane, Animals — mike @ 4:14 pm
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Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him?

In a bizarre B-movie moment, a young Saudi man was detained at Cairo Airport after it was discovered he was trying to carry a bag full of live reptiles onto the plane. Yep, a bag full of live reptiles. Among the reptilian horde discovered by horrified security officers were 250 baby crocodiles, various chameleons, and just to make Samuel L. proud, a slithering Cobra eager to escape.

Why would someone try to bring live reptiles onto a plane, you ask? Well, according to the man, they were needed at Saudi University for scientific experiments. Officials have other ideas, saying that this is the largest Nile crocodile smuggling attempt in aviation history. Either way, the reptiles were turned over to the zoo, and the young man was sent on his way. No news yet as to how Hollywood execs are planning to capitalize.

 
 
 
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