The cat was rescued protected and sound.

Security employees at a New York City airport had been not too long ago shocked to find a quite uncommon merchandise packed inside a passenger’s baggage that had been checked in for a flight. Before the bags was on account of be loaded onto the plane at John F Kennedy International Airport, a safety guard found a reside cat contained in the case after it had handed via an airport X-ray machine. 

Taking to Twitter, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), shared a sequence of images and known as the discover “hiss-toric”. “We’re letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric find. This CATch had our baggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, “Come on meow”!” TSA wrote within the caption. 

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We’re letting the cat out of the bag on a hiss-toric discover. This CATch had our luggage screening officers @JFKairport saying, “Come on meow”! Feline like you’ve journey questions attain out to our furiends @AskTSA. They’re out there day-after-day, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. (ET). pic.twitter.com/LpIkLbAgzC

— TSA (@TSA) November 22, 2022

According to NBC News, the orange feline’s brush with potential tragedy was detected on November 16 when a bag was checked from JFK to Atlanta for a connecting flight to Florida. “The cat did not belong to the individual with the suitcase, it belonged to someone else in the household,” TSA spokeswoman, Lisa Farbstein, advised the outlet. 

Authorities mentioned that the cat climbed into the bags with out being seen because the passenger packed, earlier than being unwittingly zipped inside, taken to the plane and checked in. But fortuitously, as quickly because the X-ray machine noticed the feline, the bags was opened and the cat was rescued protected and sound, officers mentioned. 

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Separately, Ms Farbstein additionally tweeted, “A @TSA officer was shocked to find an orange cat inside a checked bag at @JFKairport after it went through the X-ray unit. Traveler said the cat belonged to someone else in his household. On the bright side, the cat’s out of the bag and safely back home.” 

A @TSA officer was shocked to search out an orange cat inside a checked bag at @JFKairport after it went via the X-ray unit. Traveler mentioned the cat belonged to another person in his family. On the brilliant facet, the cat’s out of the bag and safely again house. pic.twitter.com/5XZVJLaZNm

— Lisa Farbstein, TSA Spokesperson (@TSA_Northeast) November 22, 2022

Meanwhile, as per the outlet, Cornell University professor emeritus and animal behavioural professional Katherine Houpt defined the explanation why cats typically climb into baggage. “I think one reason is that it’s like a cat bed. Cats like spaces with barriers around it. And presumably, it smells like the owner and I think they associate it with an impending loss. They might not necessarily want to prevent that owner from going, but perhaps at least they want to signal stress,” she mentioned.