A pilot diverted a flight to Toronto, delaying hundreds of people and costing the airline thousands of dollars in fuel costs. The surprising part is the passengers’ reaction was overall “positive,” once they realized the reason.
It turns out a dog in the cargo hold was at risk of freezing to death.
According to the Huffington Post, pilot Peter Fitzpatrick noticed that a heating malfunction in the cargohold on Air Canada Flight AC085 from Tel Aviv to Toronto. The system bug didn’t risk the plane or any of its human passengers, but for a 7-year-old French Bulldog named Simba, it was a dangerous matter
