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Flight delayed after dog chews through wing
By MICHAEL FOX - Stuff.co.nz | Friday, 23 January 2009
A panicking pooch managed to ground a Qantas jet on a trans-Tasman flight after it escaped from its cage and chewed through paneling and wiring in the planes wing.
The plane was en route from Auckland to Melbourne on 7 December when warning lights began flashing in the plane's cockpit for no apparent reason, Australian website the Courier-Mail reported.
Later it was discovered the dog had managed to chew through panels and wiring that was "as tough as billy goat boots", an engineering source told the website.
"The dog ripped out several wires which set off the cockpit warning and then it had a go at a number of electrical units in the rear of the plane," the source said.
"Under duress the animal obviously went nuts biting through anything that it came across."
The damage was to the auxiliary power unit which supplies power to the plane when it is on the ground. As it was already in mid-flight, there was no immediate danger to the air craft.
However, the cargo handlers at Melbourne Airport were given a nasty fright when they opened the door only to be greeted unexpectedly by an angry and distressed dog.
"I do not know the breed but the dog had to be fairly big with a big bite to damage cargo hold panels that are as tough as billy goat boots - it is difficult to even cut through this material with a knife," said the source.[/quote]
Must be a slow day for Michael Fox, being the incident happened back in December and it was posted under national news as a hot topic
By MICHAEL FOX - Stuff.co.nz | Friday, 23 January 2009
A panicking pooch managed to ground a Qantas jet on a trans-Tasman flight after it escaped from its cage and chewed through paneling and wiring in the planes wing.
The plane was en route from Auckland to Melbourne on 7 December when warning lights began flashing in the plane's cockpit for no apparent reason, Australian website the Courier-Mail reported.
Later it was discovered the dog had managed to chew through panels and wiring that was "as tough as billy goat boots", an engineering source told the website.
"The dog ripped out several wires which set off the cockpit warning and then it had a go at a number of electrical units in the rear of the plane," the source said.
"Under duress the animal obviously went nuts biting through anything that it came across."
The damage was to the auxiliary power unit which supplies power to the plane when it is on the ground. As it was already in mid-flight, there was no immediate danger to the air craft.
However, the cargo handlers at Melbourne Airport were given a nasty fright when they opened the door only to be greeted unexpectedly by an angry and distressed dog.
"I do not know the breed but the dog had to be fairly big with a big bite to damage cargo hold panels that are as tough as billy goat boots - it is difficult to even cut through this material with a knife," said the source.[/quote]
Must be a slow day for Michael Fox, being the incident happened back in December and it was posted under national news as a hot topic
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