Live mouse in in-flight meal forces flight to make emergency landing

A bizarre mid-air incident has forced Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to make an emergency landing in Copenhagen after a passenger found a live mouse in her in-flight meal. The SAS flight from Oslo, Norway, was due to land in Malaga, Spain.

Calling the incident “extremely rare”, SAS spokesman Oystein Schmidt said the flight was diverted for the safety of passengers and crew.

According to the BBC According to the report, the SAS aircraft underwent a thorough inspection upon landing to locate the mouse.

Airlines usually have strict restrictions on rodents on board because they can chew through electrical cables.

“This is an extremely rare occurrence. We have established procedures for such situations, which also include an evaluation with our suppliers to ensure this does not happen again,” Schmidt said.

Sharing the incident on Facebook, passenger Jarle Borrestad wrote: “Believe it or not. A lady next to me at SAS opened the food and jumped like a mouse. Now we turned around and landed at CPH (Copenhagen Airport) to change flights.”

He also recalls taking preventative measures, such as pulling his socks up to the hem of his pants to prevent the mouse from climbing in. Despite this surprising discovery, he observed that the other passengers remained remarkably calm, showing no signs of panic. After a brief delay of a few hours in Copenhagen, the journey to Malaga resumed on another plane.

The incident follows another rodent-related disruption last week, when a train service in southern England was halted mid-journey because two squirrels would not leave the carriage.

A Great Western Railway spokesman said: “We can confirm that the 08:54 Reading to Gatwick train was disrupted at Redhill after two squirrels boarded the train at Gomshall without tickets, in breach of the railway’s internal rules. We attempted to get them off at Redhill but one refused to leave and was sent back to Reading to put an end to the madness.”