A pilot of a Scottish airplane stopped the take-off when a baby hedgehog began wandered into the runway. A Loganair flight was taxiing at Stornoway Airport when the animal appeared on its runway. The pilot saw the hoglet crossing the runway and stopped the aircraft for two minutes. Stornoway is located in the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland.

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Baby hedgehog cross runway

The incident happened at 5.30 pm on Thursday. There were 30 passengers on the plane. They were informed of the delay in their journey. Neil Hughes, Loganair's director of flight operations said to the media that 'the captain avoided the prickly situation for the little hedgehog'. He said that the flights' operations run deep into rural Scotland and pilots scan the runway for wild animals and often encounter them. He added that they are conscious to not disturb them. 

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Baby hedgehog appears on runway, causes flight delay