A Delta Air Lines flight was delayed twice on Saturday after two pigeons caused chaos onboard, writes ABC NEWS.

The first bird began flying around the cabin shortly after boarding, prompting the aircraft to return to the gate. Ground crew removed it, but as the plane taxied out for takeoff, a second pigeon took flight, forcing the flight back once again.

A video filmed by passenger Tom Caw and obtained by ABC News shows a man attempting to catch one of the pigeons using his jacket. The unusual incident happened aboard Delta Flight 2348, a regularly scheduled flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin.

Delta has since issued an apology for the disruption.

In a statement to ABC News on Tuesday, the airline confirmed the flight was delayed by 56 minutes and said it “appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers to safely remove two birds from the aircraft prior to departure and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel”.