A Scandinavian Airways (SAS) passenger discovered a stay mouse in a meal she had been served on board. The flight, which was headed to Malaga (Spain) from Oslo (Norway), was diverted and made an emergency touchdown in Copenhagen (Denmark).
The emergency touchdown was ordered as a result of the rodent posed a security danger to the flight, together with the chance that it would chew via one of many electrical cables, the BBC reported.
A passenger discovered the stay mouse in one of many meals containers served to passengers through the flight. The mouse escaped from the field when the passenger was opening it, Jarle Borrestad, one of many individuals who witnessed the incident, advised the BBC.
Borrestad added that the passengers round him have been “not careworn in any respect” however that he tried to forestall the rodent from moving into his pants.
In accordance with airline spokesman Oystein Schmidt, the incident was “uncommon” and efforts have been being made to make sure it could not occur once more sooner or later.
“We’ve got established procedures for such conditions, which additionally embody a assessment with our suppliers to make sure this doesn’t occur once more,” Schmidt was quoted as saying by the AFP information company.
The detour and subsequent emergency touchdown in Copenhagen didn’t add many further hours to the journey, he added.
The passengers have been transferred to Malaga on one other aircraft.
