An Air New Zealand domestic fleet had to wait just that extra bit of time to reach the airbridge and deboard the passengers when the plane came to an abrupt halt on the taxiway.
On the PA, the captain announced "I’m sorry I’m going to have to make an announcement that I’ve never made before, there is a hedgehog on the runaway’.” Firefighters were called to remove the intruder from the runway.
A spokesperson for Dunedin Airport said: “We welcome everyone, even hedgehogs. We try not to destroy wildlife if we don’t have to," adding “It wandered it off onto the runway as the flight was taxiiing in and fortunately we have our airport emergency services team who were dispatched to remove the prickly offender.”
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