Friday, October 31, 2008

Cheetahs on plane: Animal gets loose in cargo hold


ATLANTA - A Delta baggage worker got a bit of a fright before Halloween when she opened a jetliner's cargo door and found a cheetah running loose amid the luggage. Two cheetahs were being flown in the cargo area of a Boeing 757 passenger flight from Portland, Ore., to Atlanta on Thursday when one escaped from its cage, Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton said Friday. "They told us a large animal had gotten out of a container in the cargo hold and they were having to send someone to tranquilize it," said one passenger, Lee Sentell of Montgomery, Alabama. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Hotels.com