Pig did fly, but how, and why?

Philadelphia - The Federal Aviation Administration is convinced that pigs can fly. Now it wants to know how and why.

Philadelphia - The Federal Aviation Administration is convinced that pigs can fly. Now it wants to know how and why.

The FAA said on Monday its investigators are trying to sort through a bizarre series of events that allowed a 15 kg pig to fly first-class aboard a non-stop US Airways UN flight from Philadelphia to Seattle.

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