Workers at Vancouver’s International Airport ran into a surprising and slithery situation over the weekend.
Video posted to social media shows dozens of live eels squirming on the apron surface around an Air Canada plane at YVR.
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The airport said ground handlers were unloading an aircraft on Sunday when a shipment of eels opened and spilled onto the ground.
Air Canada said in a statement that the flight had landed from Toronto and the container had accidentally spilled during unloading, allowing some of the eels to escape.
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They were collected and subsequently repackaged, the airline said.
It has also been in contact with the customer about the shipment.
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