Friday, 1 July 2011

Turtles Invade JFK Airport Tarmac

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/turtles-invade-jfk-airpor_n_228527.html

NEW YORK (AP) -- A runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down briefly Wednesday morning after at least 78 turtles emerged from a nearby bay and crawled onto the tarmac.

Ground crews eventually rounded up the wayward reptiles and deposited them back in the brackish water farther from airport property, but not before the incident disrupted JFK's flight schedule and contributed to delays that reached nearly 1 1/2 hours.

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