Cross-Country Flight Diverted After Dog Poops
PHILADELPHIA (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A cross-country flight had to make an unscheduled landing when a service dog pooped twice in the aisle, sickening passengers with the odor.
US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie said the May 28 US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia had to make an unscheduled stop in Kansas City.
Christie called the episode a "rare and unfortunate situation." The flight continued after the mess was cleaned up on the ground. The passenger and service dog were rebooked on another flight.
Fort Worth-based American Airlines recently merged with US Airways to form the world's largest airline.
Jim Kutsch, president at The Seeing Eye guide dog school in Morristown, New Jersey, told a Philadelphia newspaper that such incidents are rare, but that dogs occasionally get sick on planes, too.
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