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You can’t say that Spirit Airlines doesn’t keep air travel interesting. A stowaway bat caused chaos on a recent Spirit Airlines flight as it flew around the cabin in the middle of the flight. You can’t bring four ounces of toothpaste on a plane but you can bring a bat. Good job TSA!
A Spirit Airlines airplane was flying from Charlotte, North Carolina to Newark, New Jersey this week when a special guest made an appearance. A bat started flying around the cabin 30 minutes into the 90-minute flight that took off at 6 AM. Where’s Ozzy Osbourne when you need him most?
Passenger Peter Scattini captured video of the chaos and shared footage on Twitter with the caption: “Me, twice a year: ‘I’ll never fly spirit again.’ Me, this morning, after deciding I’d rather save 12 dollars.” Spirit Airlines: Bringing a bat on board, there’s a fee for that.
me, twice a year: “i’ll never fly spirit again.”
me, this morning, after deciding i’d rather save 12 dollars: pic.twitter.com/ASqk3bb89j— Peter Scattini (@PeterScattini) July 31, 2019
In the spooky footage, you can see the stewardess run for cover as the bat flies towards her. “Passengers started screaming and yelling, and very quickly things devolved into chaos,” Scattini said. Relax everybody, maybe this is an emotional support bat.
Another passenger shared a video of inside the bat plane.
https://twitter.com/adrilisasmiddle/status/1156707485979484160
The sequel to Snakes on a Plane looks lit.
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The bat flew around the cabin for approximately five minutes before a passenger trapped the flying rat. Finally, Spirit Airlines gives you something for free… rabies.
“Eventually someone trapped it between a book and a cup and then locked it in one of the restrooms for the remainder of the trip,” Scattini wrote. Do you want a vampire apocalypse, because this is how you get a vampire apocalypse.
Thankfully nobody was hurt from the incident. Once the plane arrived at Newark International Airport, the bat was “removed by animal control officers.” It is August, so maybe Spirit Halloween is occupying every available space including Spirit Airlines.
There is no truth to the rumor that Spirit Airlines use bats as a low-cost alternative to radar.
“The aircraft was disinfected and searched as a precaution,” a representative from Spirit said in a statement. “It is believed the bat started its journey in Charlotte, flying into an overhead bin while our crews were doing overnight maintenance.”
The 23-year-old Scattini was initially offered a $50 flight voucher from Spirit Airlines, however after his tweet went viral they refunded the cost of the flight.
I think I have a new motto for the budget airline company: “Spirit Airlines, the Florida Man of Airlines.”
Let’s hope that the bat hunt went better than that classic scene from The Great Outdoors.
[NYP]