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November 22, 2024

We have another page to add to the “ridiculous reasons plane flights are delayed” book.

A TAP Air Portugal flight was recently grounded for four days after 132 hamsters escaped from their boxes in the cargo hold. Upon landing at the Ponta Delgada airport, baggage handlers noticed the boxes that were transporting the rodents were damaged and the animals had escaped. Most of the hamsters were found quickly, but it took days to wrangle the final 16 and send the plane back to Lisbon. 

I don’t fly often, and I can’t recall a flight I’ve ever had being canceled, but I feel like I am setting myself up for the next one considering all these “flight canceled because of (fill in the blank)” emails I keep doing. 

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From everyone at RTO Insider, thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day! Also, be sure to check out our latest news from NetZero Insider below! 

Shawn McFarland 

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• DOE Commits to Funding Gulf Coast, Midwest Hydrogen Hubs
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• FERC Approves Adoption of Latest NAESB Standards
  

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