– There was zero panic, but personally I pulled my socks over my trouser legs. I wouldn’t want a mouse jumping up and crawling into yes, you know, says Jarle Børrestad on the phone from Malaga. news is talking to him just as he has landed in Malaga at around 8.30pm on Wednesday evening, about two and a half hours late. Kristiansanderen and several passengers were on an SAS flight that was supposed to travel directly from Oslo to Malaga. A flight that was a little out of the ordinary. – Now I was so stupid that I bought a plus ticket. And then there was a lady next to me who opened the wonderful food package you are allocated. And there a mouse jumped out. And it was a bit interesting, chuckles the Kristiansander. Shortly after the mouse escaped from the food package somewhere over Germany, it was said over the loudspeakers that this was a safety risk and the plane had to turn around and make an emergency landing in Copenhagen, says Børrestad. – I can confirm that a mouse was discovered on SK 4683 on the way to Malaga, says SAS press manager Øystein Schmidt to Fædrelandsvennen. He says it is normal procedure that the plane must land when pests are detected, so that it can be inspected. On Flightradar you can see the SAS plane’s route this afternoon. The flight has also been diverted to Copenhagen, it says. Facsimile: Flightradar – I didn’t quite understand what happened because I didn’t see the mouse at first, but the neighbor just told me completely off balance that there was a mouse in the food. I’m not going to say I’m the most macho of the men in the world, but I would probably have howled if it had been me who discovered the mouse. He goes on to say that he was impressed by his fellow passengers and the crew who kept their composure. – I spoke to the flight attendant who works here, and she said that in her 40 years as a flight attendant, she had never experienced anything like this. Now a few days of time off await, where golf and hopefully no mice are on the menu. – Then we hope that we will get home without any drama, he says. Published 18.09.2024, at 21.29 Updated 18.09.2024, at 21.43
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