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Neigh-sayers will say it ain’t true … but a jumbo jet really did make an emergency landing when a horse broke free from its cargo hold, 30,0000 feet in the air.<\/p>\n
The Air Atlanta Icelandic 747 was bound for Belgium on November 9 when pilots were forced to divert back to NYC’s JFK airport once they realized the horse was out of his pen, and loose in the cargo hold.<\/p>\n
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In the cockpit audio, obtained by “You Can See The ATC,” you can hear the pilot telling air traffic control they’ve got a horse making a break for it. He said, “We are a cargo plane with a live animal, a horse, on board. The horse has broken out of its stall.”<\/p>\n
While flying wasn’t an issue, they doubled down on the urgency to return to the Big Apple because they couldn’t re-secure the horse while flying, so they’d have to head back — which required dumping 20 tons of fuel to avoid losing horsepower.\ud83d\ude04\ud83d\udc34<\/p>\n
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Once on stable ground, the pilots requested the aid of a veterinarian for their unsettled passenger. They described the horse as being “in difficulty,” but didn’t state the exact nature of the issue.<\/p>\n
As of now, it is unclear whether the equine escape was an attempt at greener pastures or just hoofing it for the thrill. BTW, the flight to Belgium did eventually resume … once things were reined in.<\/p>\n