Mouse grounds SAS plane in Stockholm

[Gerald]

A mouse has grounded a flight from Stockholm to Chicago.

The mouse was seen scurrying across the floor of the SAS Airbus 330 before passengers began to board on Tuesday.

The creature had evaded capture despite "an extensive search onboard and numerous mouse traps placed inside the aircraft", SAS was quoted as saying.

The airline said that as well as unsettling passengers, the mouse posed a potential safety risk as it could chew the aircraft's cables.

It added that the 250 passengers left stranded in the Swedish capital had been understanding, and it was doing its best to rebook them on new flights.

But the aircraft is among the airline's largest, so finding a replacement has been difficult, reported Swedish English-language news website The Local.

American travellers James Roach and Marie Alswager told the website they had been waiting more than five hours in a line that is moving "six feet an hour".

"This is the most expensive mouse in the history of humankind," joked Mr Roach.

In fact, this is not the first time a rodent has grounded flights.

Two Delta Airlines flights from New York to London were cancelled in November 2009 after mouse sightings.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14556408


Note: 17 August 2011 Last updated at 09:36 GMT

[Gerald]

Somebody has not set out some cheese traps,

[Oberon]

In other news, the cuts to the British Armed Forces have reached such critical levels that the Special Air Service has been forced to branch out into the airline industry, the aircraft interior is rugged and amenities are rare, however the fare is low and the likelihood of a terrorist attack nil.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

In other news, the cuts to the British Armed Forces have reached such critical levels that the Special Air Service has been forced to branch out into the airline industry, the aircraft interior is rugged and amenities are rare, however the fare is low and the likelihood of a terrorist attack nil.

Classy

[AVGWarhawk]

If the aircraft is air tight it is time to fill it up with some lethal mustard gas or something. That will show that rodent!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

If the aircraft is air tight it is time to fill it up with some lethal mustard gas or something. That will show that rodent!

Aye and a few passengers as well....wouldn't want to open the exit doors to let them out before fumigation began, the little blighter might escape

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

...however the fare is low and the likelihood of a terrorist attack nil.

Never read the 1st chapter of Rainbow Six did you?

[Spyguy101]

Well this also happened

[Jimbuna]

LOL....that guy with the presence of mind to open the toilet door must have felt/been flushed with success afterwards

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Never read the 1st chapter of Rainbow Six did you?

I kinda stopped reading Clancy when he went into Special Forces mode...

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I kinda stopped reading Clancy when he went into Special Forces mode...

His use of SOF kinda ebbs and flows. In Debit of Honor and Executive Orders (chronologically later in the series) conventional forces weigh in heavily. Although Rainbow Six is exclusively CT operations.

I was once critical of his later books which I thought were dry until recently when I'm listening to (almost) his whole collected works on audio book and find that he can really craft a story well (except for the Mountain Men in Executive Orders, I still can't figure out what their exact plan was).

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

At least its mouse this time. Few years ago there was case where several snakes had managed to escape from their transport bag in cargo hold.

I don't remember anymore where that happened.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

At least its mouse this time. Few years ago there was case where several snakes had managed to escape from their transport bag in cargo hold.

I don't remember anymore where that happened.

Ask Samuel Jackson.