A dog who escaped from a plane at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and caused the closure of two of the airport’s runways, has finally been found and reunited with owner after nine days.

On November 19, a female dog named Amalka, owned by an Austrian tourist who flew to France through Air France from Vienna, escaped her carrier cage during an unloading operation, CBS News reports.

“The animal has been spotted and approached several times, but it has not been possible so far to capture it,” Air France said.

After Amalka’s escape, several search parties were launched, including at night and with Amalka’s owner’s presence, whose hotel costs at Charles de Gaulle were covered by Air France.

Posters for the missing dog were even put up around the airport to alert staff.

And then on Tuesday, November 26, authorities at the biggest and busiest airport in France closed two runways as they tried to capture Amalka.

Airport police deployed a search drone on the same day in order to search for the missing pet.

And their plan was to get close enough to the dog to be able to tranquilize it with a hypodermic needle, CBS News reports.

After nine long days, Amalka was finally found and reunited with her owner.

“After several days of intense searches, we are delighted to confirm that Amalka has been found and returned to her owner,” Air France said in a statement to AFP.

According to a French daily newspaper, Le Parisien daily, Amalka was found in a park in Dammartin-en-Goele, a town close to the airport.

After Amalka’s reunion with her owner, Air France reveals, “Both will be able to travel to their final destination soon.”

Last year, a similar incident happened when airport staff at Atlanta Airport lost a passenger’s dog. While being transported to the plane, a staff accidentally opened the dog’s kennel, leading to the pooch’s escape.

The dog went missing for almost a month, from August 18 to September 09, and was found by an animal welfare volunteer after he put up missing flyers for the dog around the airport.

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