A cargo plane bound for Liege, Belgium, was forced to return to New York after the horse it was transporting managed to break loose in mid-flight.
The horse left the containment zone half an hour after takeoff, when the plane was at an altitude of about 31,000 feet, last Thursday.
This Wednesday, ABC News cites an air traffic control recording where the pilot of the Icelandic Air Atlanta Boeing 747 asks permission to return to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The pilot explains that there is no problem with the plane, but considers it necessary to interrupt the trip because the crew could not safely control the horse.
The plane was forced to dump about 20 tons of fuel over the Atlantic before it could land safely in New York.
The horse was treated by a veterinarian and shortly after the flight resumed, continuing to Belgium, where it landed on Friday morning without further complications.
Source: TSF
