This pooch is ready for take-arf!
Departures were held up at La Guardia Airport for 10 minutes this morning while workers rounded up a dog that ran on to a runway.
The pooch, a 30-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Byrdie, got loose as she was being loaded on to a Delta flight to Memphis, said Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico.
“Byrdie got out of her cage and decided that Runway 31 would be the best place to get some exercise,” Marsico said.
Port Authority personnel ran after her, and at one point, Byrdie simply sat down on the runway.
Finally, workers got Byrdie’s owner off the plane, and took her to the runway. “Byrdie came right to her,” Marsico said.
Planes leaving the airport were held up from about 10:21 a.m. to 10:31 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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