Scandinavian Airways (SAS) has mentioned one in all its flights needed to make an emergency touchdown after a mouse scurried out of a passenger’s in-flight meal on Wednesday.
The plane was flying from Norway’s capital Oslo to Malaga in Spain and was compelled to make an emergency touchdown in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The diversion was in step with firm procedures because the furry stowaway posed a security threat, airline spokesperson Oystein Schmidt instructed the AFP information company.
Passengers on the flight have been later flown to Malaga on a special plane.
Airways normally have strict restrictions involving rodents on board planes with a view to stop electrical wiring being chewed by means of.
“That is one thing that occurs extraordinarily not often,” Mr Schmidt mentioned.
“We now have established procedures for such conditions, which additionally embrace a overview with our suppliers to make sure this doesn’t occur once more.”
Jarle Borrestad skilled the incident first-hand, telling the BBC Information Channel in a recorded video that the mouse escaped from the field of meals that the girl sat subsequent to him on the flight was opening.
Mr Borrestad mentioned the scenario was very calm and that folks “weren’t pressured in any respect”.
Nevertheless, he admitted that he did put his socks over his trousers so the mouse didn’t crawl up his legs.
Mr Borrestad mentioned that whereas the flight was diverted, it solely added a number of additional hours to the journey.
It’s the second rodent-related journey incident in every week.
A practice service in southern England needed to be terminated mid-journey after two squirrels boarded a carriage and one refused to get off.