A picture shows an aircraft of the Scandinavian airline (SAS) parked on the tarmac at the airport of Manchester in England. FILE PHOTO/Agence France-Presse
OSLO — A mouse that crawled out of a passenger’s meal has forced a SAS flight to make an unscheduled landing, the company said on Friday.
The incident occurred during Wednesday’s Oslo to Malaga flight, forcing the plane to land in Copenhagen.
Airlines usually strictly prohibit rodents on board because the animals can chew through electrical wiring, key to the operation of a plane.
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A spokesman for SAS, Oystein Schmidt, told AFP that “in line with our procedures, there was a change of aircraft” and the passengers were flown to Malaga on another flight.
“This is something that happens extremely rarely,” he said of the incident.
“We have established procedures for such situations, which also include a review with our suppliers to ensure this does not happen again,” he said.