GQEBERHA, South Africa (WKRC) - A routine aerial survey flight took an unexpected turn when a helicopter crash-landed after a penguin, being transported in a cardboard box, caused a control mishap.

A pilot from South Africa accidentally crashed a helicopter after a penguin escaped from their cardboard prison and reportedly hit the aircraft controls. The pilot and the three passengers were ...

A penguin inside a cardboard box caused a helicopter crash in South Africa earlier this year, according to authorities. On Jan. 19, a pilot and three passengers transported a penguin back from Bird ...

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They’re flightless for good reason: A penguin in a cardboard box contributed to the crash of a helicopter in South Africa in January, a recently published government report says. A passenger on the ...