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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

A cargo plane returns to JFK Airport after a horse escapes its stall, pilot dumps 20 tons of fuel

AP2003

A cargo plane headed from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Belgium had to return to JFK after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control audio.

The Boeing 747 operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic had just started its flight across the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 9 when the pilot radioed air traffic control in Boston and said that a horse on board had escaped its stall.

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