Breaking an airplane cabin is definitely a feline offense.
A flight from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, was forced to return to the airport last week after a cat attacked the plane’s pilot.
The flight, operated by Tarco Aviation, was on its way to Doha, the capital of Qatar, when the incident occurred, reports Sudanese Al-Sudani. An agency source says the plane was in the air for approximately 90 minutes before being forced to return to Khartoum International Airport.
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The plane returned safely, but the severity of the pilot’s injuries is unclear. A Tarco Aviation representative did not immediately return a request for additional information.
Meanwhile, the cat is believed to have “infiltrated” the aircraft the night before the flight, when the plane was parked in a hangar for cleaning, Al-Sudani said.
The cat is believed to have “infiltrated” the plane the night before, when the aircraft was being cleaned.
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Strangely, this is not the first time that a cat tries to escape on a commercial flight. In 2019, Isle of Man security officials discovered a couple’s cat in the luggage – without the couple’s knowledge.
“We were totally shocked,” the cat owner told The Independent at the time. “She must have put it in her bag before we left for the airport, but we didn’t hear or feel it during the trip there.”