{"id":198778,"date":"2019-12-17T22:19:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/california-man-pet-opossum-booted-from-jetblue-flight-were-stranded-for-days-in-texas.html"},"modified":"2019-12-17T22:19:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:19:16","slug":"california-man-pet-opossum-booted-from-jetblue-flight-were-stranded-for-days-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/travel\/california-man-pet-opossum-booted-from-jetblue-flight-were-stranded-for-days-in-texas.html","title":{"rendered":"California man, pet opossum booted from JetBlue flight, were stranded for days in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Opossum and owners stranded for days after being private from flight\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{muted:true,bContent:false,vidNum:1,docking:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{adsEnabled:true,awsPath:travel,byline:,canonicalURL:,contentSourceCode:USATHO,createDate:2019-12-17T20:27:19.979Z,credit:USA TODAY Handout,duration:39000,headline:Opossum and owners stranded in Austin for 4 days after being private from flight,hlsURL:https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/6fef6eef-26b5-4a43-8191-5383be1d7c2f\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8,id:2677372001,image:{url:https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/17\/USAT\/4ff6cf4c-7345-409b-b77a-f040e982994b-VPC_OPOSSUM_BOOTED_DESK_THUMB.jpg,opto:true},initialPublishDate:2019-12-17T20:42:51.571Z,keywords:opossum,Jetblue Airways,Video Syndication - USAT,mp4URL:https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/6fef6eef-26b5-4a43-8191-5383be1d7c2f\/1080p_30fps.mp4,origin:USA TODAY Handout,pageURL:{long:https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/videos\/travel\/2019\/12\/17\/opossum-and-owner-stranded-days-after-being-removed-flight\/2677372001\/},promoBrief:An opossum in a pinkish pet conduit and her owners were private from a JetBlue flight, withdrawal a dual stranded in Austin, Texas for 4 days.,publishDate:2019-12-17T20:42:51.571Z,series:,ssts:{leafName:travel,path:travel,section:travel,storysubject:,subsection:,subtopic:,taxonomyEntityDisplayName:Travel,topic:},tags:[{id:a4ed9ee1-76c8-4e5e-871a-0b0b2c769732,name:opossum},{id:efddd027-4198-425f-a411-155b770c2d75,name:Jetblue Airways},{id:6f55135f-3b5e-490d-8a52-a3b8e1f11ee7,name:Video Syndication - USAT}],title:Opossum and owners stranded for days after being private from flight,url:\/videos\/travel\/2019\/12\/17\/opossum-and-owner-stranded-days-after-being-removed-flight\/2677372001\/}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/f3d2d_4ff6cf4c-7345-409b-b77a-f040e982994b-VPC_OPOSSUM_BOOTED_DESK_THUMB.jpg\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" \/><\/button><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It\u2019s not a bird or cat or dog on a craft &#8230; It was an opossum in a pinkish pet carrier, and she and her owners were stranded in Austin, Texas, for 4 days\u00a0after being private from a JetBlue flight, reports Abigail Rosenthal from a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">USA TODAY Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gerald Tautenhahn and his opossum Zatara flew from Long Beach, California, to revisit Tautenhahn\u2019s mom for Thanksgiving,\u00a0according to <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Fox 7 Austin<\/a>\u00a0and a <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">New York Post<\/a>. Tautenhahn pronounced he done preparations to take Zatara on a plane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWe did all of a task about a month in advance,\u201d Tautenhahn told Fox 7 Austin. \u201cI called a Department of Transportation, privileged it with them. Cleared it with JetBlue, they pronounced it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tautenhahn and Zatara were booted from their JetBlue moody after a 30-minute check and told they wouldn\u2019t be means to fly, according to Tautenhahn\u2019s <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Instagram comment for Zatara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_ig\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadInstagram\" data-v-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B5_IJL_JIk6embed\/captioned\/?cr=1v=12wp=1116rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com\" aria-label=\"Instagram Embed\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">  <\/a><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">  <\/a><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He eventually bought a lapse moody home by United Airlines instead. Tautenhahn and Zatara are now behind home in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">JetBlue released a\u00a0statement to Fox 7: \u201cJetBlue gladly accepts tiny dogs and cats usually in an authorized pet carrier. On a customer\u2019s lapse trip, a crewmembers in Austin witnessed a opossum come out of a conduit and saw that it was not a cat or dog. The crewmembers sensitive a patron that a opossum would not be means to transport on a moody and worked to support a patron with his options.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">No appreciate you:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Passenger has a nasty warn on United Airlines flight: A scorpion stung her<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Update:<\/strong><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\">Southwest Airlines won&#8217;t fly Max again until after Easter: What does it meant for travelers?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.wordpressdynamos.com\/timesofnewscdn\/USA\/b0182_636620760261727869-Tanganyika-Wildlife-Park.jpg\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/8562e87e6c8927b99735f211d88913d99b609220\/c=0-531-5177-3456\/local\/-\/media\/2018\/05\/16\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/636620760261727869-Tanganyika-Wildlife-Park.jpg?width=1320height=744fit=cropformat=pjpgauto=webp 2x\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Article source: http:\/\/rssfeeds.usatoday.com\/~\/613268366\/0\/usatodaycomtravel-topstories~California-man-pet-opossum-booted-from-JetBlue-flight-were-stranded-for-days-in-Texas\/<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not a bird or cat or dog on a craft &#8230; It was an opossum in a pinkish pet carrier, and she and her owners were stranded in Austin, Texas, for 4 days\u00a0after being private from a JetBlue flight, reports Abigail Rosenthal from a USA TODAY Network. Gerald Tautenhahn and his opossum Zatara flew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-198778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}