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Stinky stowaway taken off airplane

A skunk that somehow found its way into the Olympic Air cargo area at Iraklio’s international airport on Crete Wednesday prompted an intervention by airport staff while rescue workers and the fire service were also summoned to the airport.

The skunk was eventually captured and handed over to the Iraklio Natural History Museum, local reports said without determining whether the animal was alive when it was caught.

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