A woman who smuggled her cat onto a plane was kicked off of the flight by stunned cabin crew.
The passenger from the US told British Airways flight attendants who caught her with the cat she needed it for 'emotional support'.
The cat was in her hand luggage, according to the Daily Record, who was told the cat could have got through security at Glasgow Airport.
An airport insider said: 'BA don't allow animals in the cabin. Security say the scanner would not have picked up the cat as being alive, dead or stuffed.'
The plane was flying from Glasgow to Heathrow but would not take off with the pet onboard.
The woman almost got away with it – but when staff approached her to put her bag in the overhead locker because she was sitting in an emergency exit – the moggie in a box was spotted.
According to reports the woman left the airport without booking another flight.
Airlines have had many issues in recent years during the rise of 'support animals'.
In Orlando, just weeks ago, a woman tried to bring a squirrel on a plane with in New York a man wanted to travel with a peacock.
A British Airways spokesperson said: 'Cats cannot travel in the cabin but recognised assistance dogs are always very welcome and travel completely free of charge alongside their owners on board.
'Other animals will need to travel in the hold but will be just as comfortable in a carefully controlled environment.'
This article has been adapted from its original source.
