Eek! Mouse halts jetliner

31 October 2014 - 09:24 By Reuters
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The spiny mouse (Acomys) is well-known for eluding hunters by shedding its tail skin.
The spiny mouse (Acomys) is well-known for eluding hunters by shedding its tail skin.
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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. 

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