Pigs Fly on China Southern Special Cargo Flight

Pigs, 500 of them, took flight on a China Southern Airlines Boeing 747-400 special cargo mission. The 65-ton load of breeding swine were transported this month from Denmark to Zhengzhou, China. An airline team worked out the intricacies of porker loading onto 15 main deck pallets to meet the...

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