Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

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Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

Postby J » Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:43 pm

"Flights were temporarily halted at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport on Wednesday morning after about 150 turtles ambled onto a runway."

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Re: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

Postby ZeroAltitude » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:30 pm

What does a snail do when it's riding on the back of a turtle?
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Re: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

Postby Sickbag » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:48 pm

I wonder if this story has tortoise anything?
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Re: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

Postby PurduePilot » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:08 pm

What does a snail do when it's riding on the back of a turtle?
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And Now Bees

Postby J » Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:45 pm

The common denominator here is New York?

Swarm of thousands of bees on plane’s wing delay Delta flight from Pittsburgh to New York

IMPERIAL, Pa. — A beekeeper says he had to be called into gather up a swarm of thousands of bees that delayed a Delta Air Lines flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to New York.

Master beekeeper Stephen Repasky tells KDKA-TV he was called out on Wednesday when the bees gathered on the wing of the plan as crews were getting ready to fuel the plane.

Repasky says such swarms form when colonies become too large and the queen leaves half of her bees behind to find a new home. Some swarms can contain 25,000 to 30,000 bees.

Repasky says it’s likely there’s a wild honeybee colony at the airport somewhere.

The beekeeper was called to remove the insects because they’re a protected species that cannot legally be killed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ ... story.html

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Re: Turtle Attack Shuts Down JFK Runway

Postby Verbal » Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:56 pm

I have had it with these motherfuckin' bees on this motherfuckin' plane.
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