Yesterday, at about 6.45 am, the control tower at JFK Airport in New York contacted an American Airlines pilot, who was about to take off, warning him that there was a turtle on the track and asking him if he wanted it removed. The flight was delayed for several minutes while an employee of the airport moved the turtle.
The same scene was repeated several times when other turtles started to invade the airport runway 4L, which extends along the Jamaica Bay: turtles trying to cross it to go to lay their eggs on a beach that lies beyond the track. More and more drivers have started to return, with fun colors, the presence of turtles on the runway and the Airport Authority staff has been sent to collect turtles, arrange them into a van and bring them to an area of the airport safely. From there they could resume their journey to spawn. About ten o'clock in the morning all the turtles had been removed and the track was again feasible. Meanwhile most of the planes had flew in from other tracks. Ron Marsico, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the turtles have caused a delay of about thirty minutes to a few flights.
The turtle, Malaclemys terrapin species, most probably came from Jamaica Bay Nature Reserve which is located near the airport. Their migration through JFK is not an exceptional event in 2009 on a track 78 turtles sprouted well. The news of flights delayed because of the turtles has caused much hilarity on social networks and in particular on Twitter, where at one point checked the account JFKTurtles , which published the messages of imaginary turtles on the runway. In short the account has reached over three thousand members and Jet Blue, which used the runway 4L obstructed, they wrote "Oh @ JFKTurtles, there could never angry with you. We are happy that in the end your honeymoon is saved. "
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