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4 dogs cause flight delays after wandering onto Haneda Airport runway

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Four stray dogs have been causing major chaos at Haneda Airport since Wednesday after they were seen wandering around the runways, causing a delay in 18 flights altogether, before some of them were eventually captured.

The presumably stray dogs were first noticed on Wednesday, when an arriving plane was forced to abort its first landing and try again, Fuji TV reported. The four dogswere wandering around the runway and resting on the grass.

One of the four was captured on Wednesday, two at around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday and one is still on the loose, Haneda Airport officials confirmed. The three captured dogs were sent to an animal care center.

A total of 18 flights have been delayed as a result of the quartet’s presence, with one arriving flight being redirected to Sendai Airport on Thursday.

Airport officials are currently trying to capture the last "trespasser," as well as investigate how they got onto the runway in the first place.

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Maybe they were newshounds.

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Who let the dogs out???

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Zootopia

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Airport officials are currently trying to capture the last “trespasser”

Ueno Zoo have a big net they can borrow...

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Every dog has it's day!

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Is animal care center a euphemism?

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Probably will be gassed next week. A shame as this could be a talking point with regards to the thousands of dumped and feral dogs in the country.

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Might have been Flight chasers. Any one knowing whether they had cameras?

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sad the answer will be death for the dogs.

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If the dogs are chipped their owners should be sued for any costs incurred.

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I'm sure the delays were dog on stressful for the airlines and the passengers.

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Korean airports never have this problem.

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Korean airports never have this problem.

Hahaha! True story, I lived in Seoul for a short time and learned from experience that dog meat was actually pretty good.

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doggone dogs!

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Maybe, just maybe somebody did it intentionally. One stray dog might be understandably loiter around. 4 dogs? Very suspicious!

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Haneda has gone to the dogs

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Stray dogs are pretty rare they don't last long, enough of the stupid jokes, catch the dogs & find out how they ended up on airport grounds!

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Stray dogs are usually the result of human negligence.....

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