Rambunctious raccoon falls from LaGuardia ceiling, forcing Spirit Airlines staff, flyers to flee

They flew into a frenzy.

Frightened unit and flyers astatine LaGuardia Airport fled nan Spirit Airlines’ gross aft a rambunctious raccoon was spotted hanging from nan ceiling earlier dropping to nan level of nan Big Apple terminal, shocking footage shows.

Shrieks of scary filled nan fund carrier’s conception of nan installation erstwhile nan chaotic critter burst done an unfastened portion of nan ceiling and scurried astir nan airdrome Monday morning.  

The raccoon sent customers and unit moving away. AhmadAnonimis/X

The raccoon was seen hanging from wires arsenic hose unit and patrons slow moved to safety, videos shared online showed. But erstwhile nan masked animal dropped to nan ground, workers down nan table quickly scattered, according to nan footage.

As nan video cuts successful and retired to show different parts of nan commotion, nan raccoon scampers astir nan Transportation Security Administration line.

One traveler was seen carrying a clear quiet garbage tin successful hopes of catching nan bad boy trash panda.

“This is some nan astir LaGuardia point and nan astir Spirit Airlines point to happen,” 1 societal media personification commented. “Perfect.”

LaGuardia was erstwhile known arsenic a “third-world” airdrome before a monolithic renewal made it 1 of nan apical accommodation successful nan Northeast.

Another societal media personification besides pointed retired that nan fur-plexing incident happened adjacent nan low-cost airline.

“Idk why but it’s makes it funnier that it’s happening astatine nan tone desks,” they joked.

LaGuardia is now known arsenic 1 of nan nicest airports successful nan region. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Another personification gave a motion to nan patron trying to seizure nan raccoon.

“I admit a man that enjoys being a man and instantly return charge,” nan personification wrote. “The feline pinch nan conduit was fresh to drawback it.”

A Port Authority spokesperson said successful an email nan raccoon was spotted soon aft 8 a.m.

The animal was captured and past released backmost extracurricular nan terminal — a drastically different destiny than Fred nan raccoon and P’nut nan squirrel faced erstwhile they were seized and euthanized by nan authorities Department of Environmental Conservation past week, starring to an outcry successful nan Empire State.

Workers are scouring nan installation to forestall early unwanted four-legged guests.

“To guarantee safety, airdrome unit is moving intimately pinch a master wildlife power institution to show nan area, place imaginable introduction points, and instrumentality basal precautions,” nan Port Authority spokesperson said.

“Ongoing inspections and follow-up efforts are successful spot to forestall early incidents.”