A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a live mouse jumped out of its in-flight food. A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight from the Norwegian capital Oslo to Malaga in southern Spain was diverted to Copenhagen.
Scandinavian Airlines said the diversion was an established procedure for safety reasons. Airlines ban rodents on board to prevent them from gnawing through electrical wiring. The passengers were later transferred to Malaga on another plane. One passenger, Jarle Borrestad, wrote on Facebook: “Believe it or not. The lady next to me here at SAS opened her food and a mouse jumped out.
We have now turned around and landed at CPH [Copenhagen Airport] due to a flight change.” He also used a laughing emoji and a photo of himself smiling, sitting next to two women, but did not say whether the mouse was seen again after jumping out of the food. Airline spokesman Oystein Schmidt said: “This is something that happens extremely rarely.
“We have procedures in place for situations like this, which also include checking with our suppliers to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” On Sunday, the pilot of a US Delta Air Lines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a loss of pressure caused some passengers to experience bleeding eardrums, headaches and bloody noses.
Panic broke out on a flight from Salt Lake City to Portland, Oregon, and paramedics met passengers at the gate after the plane landed. The airline apologized.
