Brian, the gray-and-white cat escaped from the carrier and was found wandering inside the plane.
Passengers traveling from Ontario to New York on Jet Blue flight had a pretty memorable journey. Thinking why? Well, a cat was found roaming freely on a mid-air flight. Brian, the gray-and-white cat escaped from the carrier and was found wandering inside the plane. It was then handed over to its owner. The incident was shared by Yi Shun Lai on Twitter.
Ms. Lai, who had fallen asleep during the flight, woke up when a flight attendant announced: “On a @JetBlue flight last night, ONT-JFK: ‘Did anyone lose their CAT. A gray and white CAT. “Yes, I woke up because of this.”
The flight attendant then added, “that cat is SO HEAVY.
The cat quickly became an internet phenomenon. The tweet received more than 14 million views on the microblogging site.
One user commented: “Oh my gosh, I wish I could take this flight”.
Another user commented: “Cats on planes>snakes on planes.”
A third user commented: “Cat: *records* Yep. That’s me. Bet you’re wondering how I got here.”
Brian’s owner also responded to the tweet and shared a video of the cat. “That’s our big boy Brian! Thanks for all the love, he’s fine but definitely not sorry haha.”
Earlier, another cat was seen roaming the cabin of a United Airlines flight en route from Dallas, Texas to San Francisco, California. Video footage of it also appeared on the internet.