Nay! You can’t be serious …
Cuddles (the horse) becomes the first to travel on passenger flight
Horses, pigs, cats and monkeys are being welcomed on internal flights in the United States, following a change in Department of Transportation rules.
According to a report in The Times, all “service animals” – that is, those that provide help to humans – are now allowed to board flights as long as they fit in the first-class cabin of a Boeing 777.
The report cites the case of Cuddles, a miniature horse that became the first to join a passenger flight when he took his seat in the first-class cabin of an American Airlines flight. Cuddles was reportedly accompanying Dan Shaw, a blind man who uses the horse as a guide because it has a longer lifespan than a dog.
The Times goes on to report that cabin crew regretted their decision not to put a nappy on the horse; the flight notes state that Cuddles “had a bowel movement on the carpet of the bulkhead”; this led to the subsequent flight being delayed.
News From Abroad has checked the calendar and it is definitely not April 1 today; our only question is this: how would you feel if you had paid for a first-class seat and ended up sitting next to a flatulent horse for four hours?
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