Watch This Pilot Discover a Sneaky Cat Stowaway Mid-Flight

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A video going viral shows a cat clinging to the wing of a plane after it took off from club ULM 16-34, a flight school in Kourou, French Guiana — and the surprised reaction of the pilot once he spots the little stowaway.

“[I] still don’t know if it got in after the pre flight check or if [I] missed it,” YouTube user romain jantot wrote in the description of the video posted on June 21. “The cat is doing well, she is still our mascot.”

Black Cat Audition, 1961

Black Cat Audition, 1961
Caption from LIFE. Who's afraid of all these black cats?Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
Black cats auditioning for a role in The Black Cat, a new version of the Edgar Allan Poe classic in 1961.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images
Black Cat Audition, 1961
A lone white cat, out of place auditioning for a role in The Black Cat.Ralph Crane—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images

 

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