Originally published at: Horse breaks loose on Boeing 747
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See, kids? It’s not just an empty threat!
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Re boing!
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The two people in that first picture look suspiciously like Derek and Julianne Hough.
Finally, a good use for AI…
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Half a century ago, I was a 19 yo on my first overseas business trip to the Netherlands. I was due to head to Sweden after that, but my boss called in the middle of the night and let me know that was cancelled, and that I should just have a “fun” time in Europe for the remaining week. Not yet being much of an international traveler (and having hid in the hotel so far, except when I had to go to the customer site), the next morning I book the first available flight back to the US, a Finnair flight to JFK. It was a creaky old 707, with all of about 30 seats and a full partition blocking off the front of the plane, from which there would occasionally be some odd noises. When we reached cruising altitude, I ask one of the flight attendants (who were all wearing fur hats, as one would expect) what was behind the partition. She nonchalantly replied that it was a herd of reindeer, which of course it would be. I’m happy to report, no reindeer broke loose during that flight.
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The surprising part of this story for me was that it took place on a 747. There are relatively few of these still in passenger service these days since smaller, more efficient jets are so much cheaper to operate. There are actually more Douglass DC-3’s still in use than there are 747 passenger planes.
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Was the horse flying stagecoach?
Sorry to saddle you with that, these posts just spur me on.
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Try to rein in your enthusiasm, ok cowboy?
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The good news is - he didn’t see a snake on the plane…
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Tour of a KLM passenger cargo hybrid plane
It’s like a horse trailer except it’s flying. The horse bit starts at slightly before 11m in.
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Air Atlanta Icelandic is a cargo carrier, they operate 747-400F aircraft exclusively. [source]
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Just to complete the circuit here – Icelandic (t)horses, once transported out of Iceland, may not return. They are protective of their tölters.
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Flight was destined for Belgium, so no problem there. The home base of the charter company is the only link to Iceland.
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If horses were meant to fly …
Well, I think they would make their own arrangements.
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Wait… so no one whipped out their phone and stared videoing the fracas?
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Please curb your words, or you’ll stirrup a bit of trouble.
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Now we’re just flogging a dead horse.
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This companion-animal thing has gone too far
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