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‘Plane landing, please tighten grip on your chicken’

A woman going home after shopping. Passengers carrying chicken are a common sight on DRC’s domestic flights. Photo/FILE

One of the most hilarious, but true, stories told about flying from Kisangani to Lubumbashi, two cities separated by a road-less jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is about passenger clutching chicken, goats and dried fish especially on market days.

Standing passengers squat during takeoff and repeat the ritual when landing.

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