Jun 3, 2009

Animals may menace our travels


As you know, many birds have already caused a few accidents with planes but the truth is that many other "inoffensive" animals may also cause the same effect! Below is another msnbc.com article below which shows you how bees may also menace our flights and how incredibly unexpectable it may be:

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DANVERS, Mass. - Maybe these bees were too tired to fly for themselves.

A gang of honeybees landed on the wing of a plane used for flight school training at Beverly Airport.

At first, the 10,000 or so bees swarmed over the left side of the aircraft, then landed on top of the left wing. The owner of the flight center called police, who said to call local bee removal expert Al Wilkins.

Wilkins used a specially designed vacuum to suck the bees off the plane, and then relocated them to hives where they will produce honey.

Wilkins guessed that the queen may have stopped to rest on the plane, and the other bees congregated around to protect her.

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