My wife worked at the Crystal Palace when this incident transpired.
Many lulz were exchanged amongst our circle of friends in the wake of this.
I actually think this article did the event more justice:
http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/ar...d=2000_3253043
- "Mostly, everyone made jokes about what we were having for lunch - like BLT sandwiches," said the source.
- Squealing loudly, it madly ran loose through the aircraft and tried to enter the cockpit. It finally found refuge in the food galley, where it refused to budge.
- "It didn't smell, it was a clean pig," said a witness on board the flight. "It slept almost the whole time, like a pig in a blanket."