By Faye Mayern

Two orphaned seal pups have been rescued after being flown 300 miles in a private plane.

The underweight gray seals were found abandoned on a beach in Jersey, and nowhere in the Channel Islands was able to accommodate them.

The South Essex Wildlife Hospital (SEWH) received a call from British Divers Marine Life Rescue for help getting the seals somewhere for long-term rehabilitation back into the wild.

Fog and high crosswinds initially foiled the planned takeoff, organized by Civil Air Support with a plane and pilots free of charge, into London Southend Jet Center.

But finally, the two very confused seals took to the air and, after a 300-mile journey, were loaded into a SEWH ambulance upon landing on Nov. 13 at 9.30 a.m.

Both seal pups are underweight and one had

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