Pig of a flight
Pig of a flight
A cargo of 72 pigs forced a South African Airways flight from Heathrow to make an emergency landing when urine, gas and body heat activated alarms in the hold. It had been thought the direct passenger flight to Johannesburg would be less traumatic than a freighter.
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