Delayed due to... live frogs
Jan 31, 2020, 10:56 am
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Delayed due to... live frogs
Yep you read that correctly, live frogs. On 2559 yesterday from DFW>DTW, we were delayed a few minutes at the gate in DFW due to a load of live frogs. According to the captain (who made two very nice, detailed announcements about it), there was a load of live frogs in the aft cargo hold and the computer just didn't like it and either wouldn't allow them there or it couldn't compute them being there. So thankfully instead of keeping us delayed, they offloaded them for a later flight.
The funniest part was that after we landed, and on the looooong taxi at DTW to the gate, I heard what sounded like frogs. It was probably just somebody still asleep and snoring intermittently, but part of me wonders if there was a load in the forward hold that did get to travel.
Just might be the funniest delay I've encountered.
The funniest part was that after we landed, and on the looooong taxi at DTW to the gate, I heard what sounded like frogs. It was probably just somebody still asleep and snoring intermittently, but part of me wonders if there was a load in the forward hold that did get to travel.
Just might be the funniest delay I've encountered.
Jan 31, 2020, 11:24 am
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: New York City + Vail, CO
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Yep you read that correctly, live frogs. On 2559 yesterday from DFW>DTW, we were delayed a few minutes at the gate in DFW due to a load of live frogs. According to the captain (who made two very nice, detailed announcements about it), there was a load of live frogs in the aft cargo hold and the computer just didn't like it and either wouldn't allow them there or it couldn't compute them being there. So thankfully instead of keeping us delayed, they offloaded them for a later flight.
The funniest part was that after we landed, and on the looooong taxi at DTW to the gate, I heard what sounded like frogs. It was probably just somebody still asleep and snoring intermittently, but part of me wonders if there was a load in the forward hold that did get to travel.
Just might be the funniest delay I've encountered.
The funniest part was that after we landed, and on the looooong taxi at DTW to the gate, I heard what sounded like frogs. It was probably just somebody still asleep and snoring intermittently, but part of me wonders if there was a load in the forward hold that did get to travel.
Just might be the funniest delay I've encountered.
Jan 31, 2020, 2:36 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
There was a wonderful BBC UK series called "Animal Airport" about the Animal Reception Centre at LHR (ARC...naturally known as the Ark...lol I doubt that was accidental!) I was AMAZED at the range and number of animals and insects that routinely get shipped around the world...
