Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how the animal broke out of its crate
An Iraqi Airways flight from Dubai to Baghdad was delayed over the weekend when a bear escaped its cage within the aircraft’s cargo maintain, airline officers confirmed to the Related Press on Sunday. The Iraqi prime minister is reportedly investigating how the creature broke free.
Footage of the disoriented bear within the stomach of the plane went viral on social media over the weekend. One other clip confirmed the pilot apologizing for the one-hour takeoff delay because of the unruly passenger. Different passengers have been reportedly compelled to disembark whereas the creature was sedated.
Iraqi Airways confirmed the bear was being flown from Dubai to Baghdad however declined to call its proprietor or give any info on why it was touring.
“The corporate apologizes to the passengers of the flight from Baghdad Worldwide Airport to Dubai Airport for causes past the management of the corporate,” the airline stated in a press release on its web site on Saturday, including that “the aircraft crew co-ordinated with UAE’s authority who despatched a specialised crew to sedate the animal and take it off the aircraft.”
The airline insisted it had adopted the right procedures and requirements for transporting the bear as established by the Worldwide Air Transport Affiliation (IATA) and confirmed that the aircraft and the cargo maintain have been checked for harm earlier than returning to Baghdad.
Whereas protecting apex predators like bears as pets has change into a pattern amongst rich Iraqis as it’s among the many elite of Dubai and Riyadh, animal rights activists have known as for the observe of protecting bears particularly to be banned.
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