RESCUE Cat headed for Germany is doing well despite spending 19 days on an airplane

Passengers were delayed as workers tried to catch the cat.
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- If this passenger could get frequent flyer miles, he might be set for life, all nine of them.
Crews at Manchester Airport rescued a cat named Billy from the cargo hold of a US Airways jet on Friday, 19 days after he escaped his cage on a flight from Phoenix to Philadelphia. The airline says Billy crisscrossed the country ever since.
A cleaning crew heard "meows" Thursday night, and Friday, while crews tried to get to the cat, passengers trying to get to Pittsburgh and San Francisco on Flight 73 were delayed more than three hours.
Billy is doing well. At the Daniel Webster Animal Hospital in Bedford, Dr. Edward Rooney said Billy was treated for dehydration.
He said it was clear the cat had found food and drink in the cargo area.
David Castelveter, airline spokesman in Arlington, Va., said the passengers were understanding.
"Im sure there was somebody who needed to get to their destination, but this was the life of an animal and our crew felt it was important to rescue the animal, and Im glad they did," he said.
Got loose
It turned out that "Billy," whose home is in Munich, Germany, was put on the jet on March 29 in Phoenix, Ariz. for a flight to Philadelphia, the first leg of a trip to Germany, Castelveter said.
Billy got out of his cage on the flight and his owner reported him missing.
When Billy was found Friday, the airline backtracked the flights the jet had taken and discovered the cat matched the picture of the missing one in Phoenix.
Billy is expected to remain at the Bedford animal hospital until Wednesday when he is to be flown home to Munich.