Eels on a Plane: Viral Video Shows Live Fish on Tarmac After Escaping Cargo at Vancouver Airport

Eels on a Plane: Viral Video Shows Live Fish on Tarmac After Escaping Cargo at Vancouver Airport
A pair of white-eye moray eels at Ambon in Indonesia. Matthew Oldfield
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Live eels writhe on the tarmac and someone screams in the background in a viral video showing the scene at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) after a container transporting the fish broke during handling.

The shipment had been sent from Toronto to Vancouver, Air Canada said in a statement to media, adding that the box accidentally opened while being unloaded. The incident occurred on July 7, the airport’s media relations office said.