Dhaka: A scheduled flight of Tarco Airlines from Sudan to Qatar was forced to divert and make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff back to its origin at Khartoum International Airport after the pilot was attacked by a cat midflight in the cockpit on February 24. aviation news bd

The lawful situation arose after a cat, thought to have stowed away during cleaning, woke up and became terrified by his new surroundings. He attacked the captain, causing the plane to return to Khartoum.

The Boeing 737 departed Khartoum on time and was around 30 minutes into its journey when the incident occurred.

While the crew made every attempt to capture the aggressive stowaway, it proved impossible to get near it. Unable to continue the journey, the pilots set about returning to Khartoum, to the surprise of the passengers onboard.