A flight from Norway to Spain had to make an emergency landing in Denmark after a mouse escaped from a meal served to a passenger.
The Scandinavian Airlines flight was traveling from Oslo, Norway, to Malaga, Spain, CBS News partner BBC News reported.
Passenger Jarle Borrestad told the BBC he was sitting next to the woman who had the mouse’s food in her bag. As she opened the lunch box, the mouse scurried out, he said.
He said he pulled his socks up his trouser legs so the mouse wouldn’t crawl in, but stressed that people remained very calm and “weren’t stressed at all”.
Oystein Schmidt, a spokesman for the airline, told AFP that the emergency landing in Copenhagen, Denmark, was in line with the airline’s procedures, as mice and other rodents can pose a safety risk. Airlines typically have strict restrictions on rodents on board, as they can chew through electrical cables, the BBC reported.
“It’s something that happens extremely rarely,” Schmidt told AFP.
Schmidt also said that in-flight meal providers will be reviewed “to ensure this does not happen again.”
Passengers were transferred to another plane to continue their journey to Spain. Borrestad told the BBC the delay had only added a few hours to the journey.
