This week, a cargo flight out of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York was forced to turn around because a horse onboard got loose. It escaped its stall and could not be wrangled. As it turns out, shipping horses via airplane is far more common than you might think. It usually goes off without a hitch. To learn more, The World’s host Carol Hills talks with Bastian Schröeder of EquiJet, a company that ships horses by air.
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