Ozzy the cat stows away on plane, clocks up 63,000 air miles

[lordofgun]

LONDON - Ozzy the flying feline clocked up 63,000 miles (94,000 kms) in 10 days after escaping from his cage on a flight from the Gulf state of Qatar to London and stowing away in the jet's tail.



Jonathan Boyd and Katie Deacon, who adopted Ozzy while working in the Qatari capital, Doha, paid 220 pounds (dlrs 330) to fly him back to Britain on their return.

But when they arrived in London, they were told that he had gone missing from his cage somewhere between Doha and a stopover in Bahrain. British Airways staff searched everywhere, and even put up posters of the white and orange-flecked cat in Bahrain and Doha.

"We were pretty upset about it and I got angry — how the hell can a cat disappear? We were told there was nowhere he could go," said Boyd, 26.

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[Valerie]

What a sweet story. I'm glad they found him though. Cats are usually pretty smart, I wonder why he didn't make his presence known sooner. I've always thought that pets should be kept somewhere other than the baggage area of a plane anyway. They don't need to be in the cabin with the passengers, but I'd like them to have a nicer place on the plane. A place just for pets! :) They're certainly not baggage! And I'm sure they're nervous enough being in a cage, away from their owners and on a loud plane.

[lordofgun]

Strap 'em to the wings! :D