A horse broke loose in a cargo plane, forcing the pilots to dump fuel and return to JFK

Tue, 11/14/2023 - 12:59

The horse was being transported on a Boeing 747 cargo plane.
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A horse managed to escape its stall shortly after a cargo plane took off from JFK on November 9.
One of the pilots told air traffic controllers the horse could not be secured and asked to return.
Audio of the request was posted on YouTube by the You can see ATC channel.

A cargo plane had to return to JFK after a horse broke loose and the crew couldn't get it back in its stall.

Air Atlanta Icelandic flight 4592 took off at 2.30 p.m on November 9 on its way to Liege, Belgium.

The Boeing 747 climbed to about 31,000 feet when a pilot called air traffic control to say that a horse had escaped from its stall and that they needed to return to JFK.