Coffee, tea or rodent: inflight meal mouse grounds Scandinavian Airlines flight

A mouse that crawled out of a passenger’s meal has forced an 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.

“Believe it or not. A lady next to me … opened her food and a mouse jumped out,” wrote one passenger, Jarle Borrestad, on his Facebook page, along with a photo showing him smiling next to two other women, also smiling.