Turtles put New York's JFK airport on 'go-slow'

June 30, 2011 13:16

About 150 turtles, in search of beaches to lay their eggs, crawled into the busy tarmac of John F Kennedy airport in New York and delayed dozens of flights. The parade of slow-moving diamondback terrapins began about 6:45 am on Wednesday.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said there were so many turtles on one runway and nearby taxiways that air controllers were forced to move departing flights to another runway.

"We ceded to Mother Nature," said Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the JFK airport, which is surrounded by a bay and wetland areas.

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