No one was
injured and no flights were delayed, said Kirk Lovell, assistant
director of airports at the Myrtle Beach facility, where the
coyote was first spotted around 10 a.m. local time.
The coyote was removed from the Myrtle Beach International
Airport by Horry County animal control, Lovell said.
The coyote was first seen by airport personnel, who chased it
unsuccessfully before the animal control officers were called,
he said.
The animal ended up cornered next to a Transportation Safety
Administration checkpoint, Lovell said.
"It did not get through the security checkpoint, so the TSA is
doing a fantastic job of stopping anybody without ID or boarding
passes," he said.
The checkpoint was briefly closed but no passengers missed their
flights.
The coyote was euthanized, as the animal is considered a
nuisance in Horry County and policy dictates that any captured
be killed, according to The Sun newspaper in Myrtle Beach.
(Reporting by Karen Brooks in Austin, Texas; Editing by Dan
Grebler)
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