Tower: «Eastern 702, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7»
Eastern 702: «Tower, Eastern 702 switching to Departure… by the way, as we lifted off we saw some kind of dead animal on the far end of the runway.»
Tower: «Continental 635, cleared for takeoff, contact Departure on 124.7… did you copy the report from Eastern?»
Continental 635: «Continental 635, cleared for takeoff… and yes, we copied Eastern and we’ve already notified our caterers.»
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