No more flying with reindeer: Unique Alaska planes to retire

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) " Claire Richardson remembers taking off in an airplane uniquely configured for Alaska when a horrible smell seeped into the passenger area.The captain soon came on the speaker to apologize for the odor, which was coming from 70 skittish baby reindeer headed for Texas. "Guess they all pooped as we lifted off from the runway," Richardson said.Those days will be coming to a close as the special plane that hauls people, goods and even animals on the same [...]


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