Pigeon panic ensues on Delta flight as birds take over plane
'I’m going to need a free wine out of this,' one passenger said
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Fear of flying took on a new meaning when a rogue pigeon flew onto a Delta Airlines plane as passengers screamed in panic.
Video footage of the unhinged incident captured the moment a pigeon burst onto the plane last Saturday.
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One passenger is seen trying to grab the ball of feathers with a piece of clothing while others can be heard screaming.
The bird — which was eventually captured — was the second of two that emerged on the Wisconsin-bound plane at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, WCCO News reported.
“The pilot gets on and says, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, we have a wildlife situation on the plane,’” passenger Tom Caw told the outlet.
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The other feathered foe was walking under the seat until a Delta baggage handler picked it up.
The bizarre bird incident led to a brief delay Saturday night.
Caw told WCCO that when he first boarded the flight “everything seemed normal.”
“Then I went to sit down and I overheard a passenger come up to the flight attendant who was standing right by where I was, and she said, ‘I think there’s a pigeon on this plane,’’” he recalled in reference to the first pigeon.
Soon after, the pilot told the passengers that there was another pigeon on the plane as the aircraft was moving toward the runway.
The second pigeon took flight, which led to a frenzy as a man tried to capture the bird with his jacket, Cow said.
“The woman next to me was quite panicky about it, and she said to me, ‘Oh I’m going to need a free wine. I’m going to need a free wine out of this,’” he told the station.
The flight returned to the gate before the same baggage handler took the second pigeon off the plane.
“Delta appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers,” the spokeswoman told WCCO News. “We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel.”
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