Bald Eagle Screened by TSA Before Taking Flight in North Carolina

One bald eagle’s giving its personal wings a break, and hopping a business flight as a substitute — however even being the U.S. nationwide fowl will not get you thru TSA any quicker.

This specific screening eagle, named Clark, was boarding a flight in North Carolina earlier this week … and as you may think, Clark caught plenty of eyes in the airport. Eat your coronary heart out Bennifer!

While he would possibly look like an unlikely passenger, TSA mentioned the airline made them conscious forward of time that Clark could be a passenger, and brokers dealt with biz as they might for another animal.

No favors for this man, both. You’d suppose being on the quilt of each U.S. Passport would possibly get you some celeb therapy, however Clark and his handler nonetheless needed to wait in line and undergo TSA screening. Like everybody else.

Apparently, the eagle is educated to unfold his wings on command. TSA brokers tweeted concerning the cool second … saying the eagle “showed off a bit during screening” and flapped his wings briefly.

According to the World Bird Sanctuary, Clark is “one in every of solely 4 bald eagles who journey to fly at totally different venues all through the United States”. It’s as much as every airline to resolve which animal is allowed on a airplane … per the FAA web site.