Norwegian Air Shuttle, already plagued by costly delays on its long-haul routes, was forced to delay a flight to New York by five hours this week because of a hunt for a mouse in the cockpit.
Said spokesman Charlotte Holmbergh on Wednesday: "The pilots discovered a mouse on flight deck. We had to make sure that no cables or wires had been chewed."
Norwegian became the only European budget carrier last year to fly long-haul routes, but a string of technical troubles with its new Boeing 787 Dreamliners delayed many of its flights.
"At least the mouse was caught," Holmbergh added.
