"Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

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"Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:26 am

I guess Kitty just didn't want to go to Doha. :D
Clicking on the Sudanese link, there is a picture which may or may not be the offender.

https://www.newsweek.com/cat-pilot-atta ... ht-1573256
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:31 am

she dont want her kittens become expatriant
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:43 am

He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly, he turn plane bacc
I'll do my own airline. With Blackjack. And hookers. In fact, forget the airline.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:26 pm

First point is that the Cat was feral. You do not want to mess with a feral Cat, (quite apart from the risk of rabies).

The Cat getting in does not surprise me. A few years ago, I recall having a very strange experience one evening. All evening, I kept getting this odd feeling that I was not not alone. Several times, I went round and found nothing. Later on, I was about to go to bed and this strange Cat came down the stairs. How it got in without me noticing I have no idea. Where it was when I checked earlier in the evening, I have no idea.

Still the Cat got back to Khartoum, and the passengers, (eventually) got to Doha.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:41 pm

30 minutes into its flight ... the cat suddenly emerged in the cockpit,


Made me wonder, how a cat could enter the cockpit - normally the cockpit door should have been locked during cruise... Anyway, after the ELAL incident earlier this year, seems that more and more cats tend to find shelter in planes! :thumbsup:
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:24 pm

Apparently maintenance work was being done overnight.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:41 pm

C'mon, put out a bowl of milk, problem solved.

Just kidding. I would have wanted the damn thing off my plane too.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:01 pm

This is why cats rule the world, love this story! He decided Qatar was no place for a decent cat and he did what he needed to do!
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:25 pm

Was it this cat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KSOMA3QBU0
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:39 pm

Chrisba320 wrote:
This is why cats rule the world


Hmm attacking the pilot in flight seems like a risky strategy to assure a long-lived reign. Maybe cats aren’t quite as smart as they’d like us to think!

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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:15 pm

Francoflier wrote:
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly, he turn plane bacc


Post of the week right there.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:32 pm

It's not just airplanes recently.

https://twitter.com/archer_rs/status/13 ... 5852662792
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 5:33 pm

beechnut wrote:
Chrisba320 wrote:
This is why cats rule the world


Hmm attacking the pilot in flight seems like a risky strategy to assure a long-lived reign. Maybe cats aren’t quite as smart as they’d like us to think!

Beech

My cat was pretty smart. He learned to never sleep on the upstairs banister again after he fell off! :rotfl:
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:19 pm

Ha! Taco Airlines.. eh? I thought I had heard it all!
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:55 pm

I guess the pilot was declaring MeowDay
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:59 pm

Samuel L Jackson's next project? :-)
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:34 pm

Francoflier wrote:
He protecc
He attacc
But most importantly, he turn plane bacc


:rotfl: :rotfl: :white: you are killing me Francoflier! :lol: :spin: :hyper:
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:42 pm

Talk about a CAT I landing!
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Thu Mar 04, 2021 6:40 am

The airport code is HSSS.
The captain's decision to return was PURRfect.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:47 pm

Kitty wanted to go to PSPS airport and got angry when was said no.
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Re: "Angry cat" attacks pilot, forcing emergency landing

Thu Mar 04, 2021 3:54 pm

Cats are having fun disrupting British railways as well, see https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/04/cat-on-a-fast-train-roof-holds-up-london-to-manchester-service.
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