"WE HAVE a pink flamingo on the runway in Terminal A. No, I'm not messing," was an unprecedented message wired across Palma de Mallorca's Son Sant Joan airport yesterday (Sunday) morning.
"An easyJet has had to brake. Now it's flying...now it's off," the message continued as the exotic bird strolled in front of the moving aircraft, unruffled, as though he had all the time in the world.
Anyone visiting the largest of the Balearic Islands for the first time may have thought this was a ritual greeting, or a typical sight at least, but those who have been there before were stunned to see this beautiful bird within metres of their plane as they landed.
Air-traffic control tweeted: "A flamingo greeted passengers arriving at Palma airport this morning. Very elegant, strolling along the runway..." and uploaded a video to prove it.
Staff at the terminal snapped multiple footage of the bird and it has now gone viral on social media.
The above picture was one of those taken by air-traffic control and uploaded on their Twitter page, @controladores.
