But now, standing safely on the ground, he could see something he had missed in the air.
The flock was not equally interested in every part of the aircraft.
It kept returning to the same location.
The cargo area.
Why?
What could possibly be inside the cargo hold that would cause such a massive flock to follow an aircraft?
Jason knew the official cargo manifest should have contained nothing unusual.
Yet the birds were behaving as though they knew exactly what they were looking for.
His concern about the damaged engine was now joined by another question.
What was actually inside the plane?
Jason Approaches the Cargo Hold
After making sure the passengers were no longer in immediate danger, Jason cautiously left the aircraft.
The remote airstrip was eerily quiet.
Pieces of damaged material were scattered across the ground.
Long marks from the emergency landing stretched across the dirt behind the aircraft.
