Summary Some live crabs got loose in the cargo hold.
NEW YORK (AP) — If passengers on a delayed flight from New York to Charlotte, North Carolina, got a bit crabby, no one could really say they were being too shellfish.
Their flight left LaGuardia Airport about a half-hour late Thursday evening because some live crabs got loose in the cargo hold.
US Airways spokeswoman Liz Landau said Friday it s unclear how the fairly small crustaceans escaped their container or what species they were. She says there were "more than a few" of them.
It s unknown who was shipping them. The airline carries various cargo shipments, along with passengers luggage.
Workers swept the crabs out of the hold, and the flight went on its way.
