December 12, 2010 01:29 am | Updated 01:29 am IST - Kolkata
A jackal on Saturday strayed onto the runway of the NSC Bose International Airport forcing the pilot of a JetLite flight to Bangalore to abort take-off, airport sources said.
The JetLite flight to Bangalore was taxiing for takeoff around 5.40 p.m. when the pilot noticed the jackal on the runway and aborted take-off and brought the aircraft back, the sources said.
Later, after receiving the green signal from the ATC, the aircraft took off for Bangalore.
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