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Mouse Prompts Commercial Flight To Divert
A Scandinavian Airlines flight diverted after a mouse scurried out of a passenger’s in-flight meal.
The flight from Oslo, Norway, to Malaga, Spain, diverted to Copenhagen, Denmark.
A Scandinavian Airlines flight from Norway to Spain had to make an emergency landing after a mouse climbed out of an in-flight meal, reports state. https://t.co/ft9J44XMZT
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“We made a very normal landing (not an emergency landing which has been wrongly stated in some media) in Copenhagen in order to change aircraft and catering – which is a fully normal procedure when a rodent is found onboard,” Alexandra Lindgren Kaoukji, a Scandinavian Airlines spokesperson, told USA TODAY.
A Scandinavian Airlines flight traveling from Norway to Spain was forced to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday after a mouse scurried out of a passenger's in-flight meal. https://t.co/fVGR52dQdF
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Per USA TODAY:
According to protocol and procedures, the plane had to make the diversion for an “inspection and fumigation” process and to transport the passengers onboard to another aircraft, Lindgren Kaoukji said.
“In these cases, we have very clear procedures to follow, including full inspection of the aircraft and of all our suppliers’ processes to see what needs to be improved or changed in order to avoid scenarios like these in the future,” she said.
Lindgren Kaoukji said after landing in Denmark, the furry flyer reached their departure. Other passengers had a two-and-a-half-hour delay but continued their journey to Spain.
A mouse sighting in the passenger cabin led SAS flight #SK4683 from Oslo to Malaga to divert to Copenhagen on September 18th, 2024.
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CBS News reports:
Passenger Jarle Borrestad told the BBC that he was seated next to the woman whose food the mouse was in. As she opened the boxed meal, the mouse scurried out, he said.
He said he pulled his socks over his pant legs so that the mouse did not crawl up, but stressed that people stayed very calm and “were not stressed at all.”
Airline spokesperson Oystein Schmidt told AFP that the emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark was in line with company procedures, since mice and other rodents can pose a safety risk. Airlines usually have strict restrictions about rodents on board, since they can chew through electrical wiring, the BBC reported.
“This is something that happens extremely rarely,” Schmidt told the AFP.
Schmidt also said suppliers of in-flight meals will be reviewed “to ensure this does not happen again.”