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theweaselkingCat 'not linked' to al-Qaeda
A BELGIAN airliner bound for Vienna had to turn back to Brussels 20 minutes into the flight yesterday after an escaped pet cat stormed the cockpit and attacked the co-pilot.
The cat, a tom named Gin with no known links to al-Qaeda, was "very aggressive", SN Brussels Airlines spokesman Geert Sciot said.
An investigation is pending, but it appears Gin escaped from his travelling bag when his owner fell asleep, ran through the cabin and slipped past the open cockpit door as meals were being served to the pilots.
He then became "agitated and nervous" and attacked the co-pilot, scratching his arm.
As Mr Sciot explained: "It's a very nice animal but apparently, sometimes, an aggressive one. It took a long time to catch it."
He added that there were unconfirmed reports that Gin might have been "kicked by somebody in business class" on his way through the cabin.
With his co-pilot fighting off the maddened moggy, the captain ordered the plane back to Brussels.
A BELGIAN airliner bound for Vienna had to turn back to Brussels 20 minutes into the flight yesterday after an escaped pet cat stormed the cockpit and attacked the co-pilot.
The cat, a tom named Gin with no known links to al-Qaeda, was "very aggressive", SN Brussels Airlines spokesman Geert Sciot said.
An investigation is pending, but it appears Gin escaped from his travelling bag when his owner fell asleep, ran through the cabin and slipped past the open cockpit door as meals were being served to the pilots.
He then became "agitated and nervous" and attacked the co-pilot, scratching his arm.
As Mr Sciot explained: "It's a very nice animal but apparently, sometimes, an aggressive one. It took a long time to catch it."
He added that there were unconfirmed reports that Gin might have been "kicked by somebody in business class" on his way through the cabin.
With his co-pilot fighting off the maddened moggy, the captain ordered the plane back to Brussels.