TIGER ON PLANE
EXCITING INCIDENT IN MID-AIR.
(United Press Assn. —By Telegraph—Copyright.)
London, December 17.
Unknown to the pilot and mechanic, an exciting scene was enacted over the Channel in the cabin of an aeroplane which was flying from Ostend to Croydon. The passengers included a tiger and its trainer, who wera coming across to appear at a performance in London. The tiger, which was making its first flight, was most unhappy and growled ferociously. The trainer entered the cage to keep the animal company. The tiger shot out as soon as the door was opened, but did not attack anyone. It just wrestled with its trainer, who had the presence of mind to dash back to the cage with the tiger clinging to him. He managed to fasten the animal therein. The aeroplane had to descend at fenshurst owing to fog.
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Southland Times, Issue 21581, 19 December 1931, Page 5
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