Stowaway frogs delay Cardiff Airport flight
02.09.05
Two stowaway frogs grounded a plane for an hour at Cardiff Airport this morning. A Monarch Airways flight to Orlando with more than 300 passengers on board was delayed on the taxi-way, while the frogs hopped around the cargo hold.
The plane was taxiing to the runway when the captain came on the intercom to tell the passengers that the trip could not go ahead until the stowaways had been found. Airport health officials were called in to help with the operation to trap the transatlantic interlopers. The 08:30 flight eventually took off without incident once the frogs were captured by airline staff.
It is thought the frogs had jumped into the aircraft's luggage bay while suitcases were being loaded in Cuba (the aircraft's previous destination) for the flight to Britain. A spokeswoman for the airport said the frogs were being kept safe while experts tried to identify them.
A Monarch Airlines spokesman said: 'Two frogs were found in the hold of the aircraft, which had previously operated from Cuba to Manchester. Following the assessment customs officials removed the frogs from the hold and the flight was cleared for departure.'
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