Flight instructor spots humpback whale in distress

A flight school instructor spotted an injured humpback whale this morning in shallow waters off the Port Allen Airport. The 50-plus-foot creature disappeared by 1 p.m., said Gerry Charlebois, an owner and instructor with the Birds In Paradise Flight School.

A flight school instructor spotted an injured humpback whale this morning in shallow waters off the Port Allen Airport.

The 50-plus-foot creature disappeared by 1 p.m., said Gerry Charlebois, an owner and instructor with the Birds In Paradise Flight School.

He contends that the adult humpback’s injury is the result of major blunt force trauma likely caused by a large water vessel.

“This is one of the most disturbing sights I’ve ever experienced while photographing whales,” Charlebois wrote in an e-mail to The Garden Island.

Read more in Tuesday’s edition of The Garden Island newspaper.

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