Pilots of Jet Airways were surprised this morning when they entered cockpit. An owl was waiting for them, ready to fly to London in the Boeing 777-300ER (reg. VT-JEV), the biggest aircraft of the airline. (www.airlive.net) 更多...
Hello gentlemen. I am your Designated Pilot Examiner. I will be evaluating your performance. Please take your seats and demonstrate. *Sits in observer's seat.
Aircraft was probably being ground/cabin serviced overnight. In good weather, it is common to leave entry doors open. Owl flew in unnoticed, landing in "front office". just a guess.
Feel-good story in more ways than one! How pleasant to not hear the usual rants about third world airlines and their crews. Even from the usual suspects! Cheers!
This owl confirms that Jet Airways is "fly by night". And that's just a joke I thought of after reading your post. I have no idea what this airline is like.
Going by what 1 of the other posters asked, I'm glad no one actually asked the owl for a passport. Can you imagine the conversation that would have taken place...and gone on for hours? Customs: "Do you have a current passport sir?" Owl: "WHOO" Customs: "You sir" Owl: "WHOO" You catch the drift
Barn Owls don't hoot like most owls do. Instead, they make a ominous harsh scream that lasts about 2 seconds. Unfortunately in many African countries, they are regarded as a sign of evil and doom to come. On the contrary they are avid catchers of rodents like mice & rats. The Great Plague that killed 300 to 400 million people worldwide was caused by fleas living on these rodents.
As much as I would like to read this article, it's complaining about my ad blocker. So I guess they are out of luck (and maybe I am also). If everybody ran an ad blocker, we'd quickly sort out the wheat from the chaff.
This so sad. A beautiful bird and its fate will probably be death. That's what normally happens in these cases to prevent possible disease carried by birds from spreading. The saddest aviation story of the week.