Horse Loose on Flight to Belgium Forces Cargo Jet Back to New York

Horse Loose on Flight to Belgium Forces Cargo Jet Back to New York
A taxi passes under the entrance to JFK Airport in the New York borough of Queens on Aug. 15, 2003. Stuart Ramson/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—A cargo jet headed to Belgium from New York had to turn around mid-flight after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control audio.

The Boeing 747 operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic had just started its flight across the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 9 when the pilot radioed air traffic control in Boston and said that a horse on board had escaped its stall.