Mouse forces plane to make an unscheduled landing
An SAS flight from Oslo to Malaga came to a premature end this week – because a mouse suddenly crawled out of a passenger's food.
Small animal, big consequences: A passenger plane had to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen because a mouse suddenly jumped out of a passenger's food.
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Last Wednesday, a plane operated by the Scandinavian airline SAS had to shorten its route. Instead of flying directly from Oslo to Malaga as planned, the plane landed in Copenhagen, from where the passengers were taken to their destination on another plane. The reason: a mouse had been spotted on board.
According to a report in the British Guardian, the rodent jumped out of a passenger's portion of food that had just been served. SAS confirmed the incident to the newspaper and explained that a change of aircraft is mandatory in such cases. Such incidents are "extremely rare" and the airline has procedures in place with suppliers – apparently the catering service provider – to avoid such incidents in the future.
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As the Guardian points out, rodents are generally not tolerated on board aircraft. The fear is that they could damage cables. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the mouse.
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