Flight diverted after passenger finds live mouse in meal

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has said 1 of its flights had to marque an exigency landing aft a rodent scurried retired of a passenger's in-flight repast connected Wednesday.

The craft was flying from Norway's superior Oslo to Malaga successful Spain and was forced to marque an exigency landing successful Copenhagen, Denmark.

The diversion was successful enactment with institution procedures arsenic the furry stowaway posed a information risk, hose spokesperson Oystein Schmidt told the AFP quality agency.

Passengers connected the formation were aboriginal flown to Malaga connected a antithetic aircraft.

Airlines usually person strict restrictions involving rodents connected committee planes successful bid to forestall electrical wiring being chewed through.

"Believe it oregon not. A woman adjacent to maine present astatine SAS opened the nutrient and retired jumped a mouse. Now we person turned astir and landed astatine CPH [Copenhagen Airport} for formation changes," 1 passenger, Jarle Borrestad, wrote connected Facebook.

He posted the remark alongside laughing emojis and a photograph of him smiling portion sat adjacent to 2 women.

"This is thing that happens highly rarely," Mr Schmidt said.

"We person established procedures for specified situations, which besides see a reappraisal with our suppliers to guarantee this does not hap again."

It is the 2nd rodent-related question incidental successful a week.

A bid work successful confederate England had to beryllium terminated mid-journey aft two squirrels boarded a carriage and 1 refused to get off.