Pigeon Causes Delta Flight to Return to Gate

Unexpected Passenger

• 🐦 A Delta flight was forced to return to the gate after passengers discovered a pigeon inside the cabin.
• ⚠️ The unusual situation occurred shortly after the aircraft received its takeoff clearance.

The Pigeon Problem

• ✈️ The flight crew was alerted to the pigeon's presence, which had been flying around inside the plane.
• 🤯 This was not the first sighting; a first pigeon was discovered approximately 35 minutes earlier, around the time boarding was concluding.
• 🚪 The crew stated the pigeon would not leave the aircraft until the doors were opened.
• ❓ The exact location of the pigeon within the cabin was not immediately clear to the crew.