…though this one ended much less heroically than the “Miracle on the Hudson.” Who would have thought that a single sparrow getting on board a passenger jet would eventually force all 123 passengers off the plane so flight crew could capture the bird? Well, it happened in Seoul to an Air Korea Jet. Fortunately, British Air has a plan for such an eventuality.
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We know he could identify it, photograph it, and blog about it, but could he catch it?