Cheetah delays flight in Australia

Passengers on a Qantas flight were delayed yesterday when the pilot reported difficulties in getting one passenger on board a cheetah.

"We're sorry for the delay, but we're having some problems loading the cheetah," the pilot reportedly told
passengers on boardu00a0the domestic flight as it sat on the tarmac at Melbourne airport.

Qantas said the Adelaide-bound flight was delayed for 36 minutes after ground staff had problems loading the big cat, which was bound for a South Australian zoo.

"It was nothing to do with the cheetah being upset," a spokeswoman for the airline said.