Ottawa, Canada – An Air Canada spokeswoman said an airplane was taken out of service and 205 passengers left the aircraft at the gate after a rat was found on board.
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The deplaning of passengers from what would have been Air Canada Flight AC888 came after the rodent was spotted in one of the aircraft’s overhead lockers, The Daily Telegraph said.
The aircraft, scheduled for a flight from Ottawa to London, was taken out of service after a pest control team was unable to locate the elusive rodent.
London resident Richard Jones, whose girlfriend had been expected to arrive in London, said passengers learned of the furry stowaway from the captain.
“He said: ‘We’ve got bad news. A giant rat has been seen in the overhead lockers and I need everyone to get off while we try and find it,'” Jones told the Telegraph.
“I’ve heard some excuses for delays before, but never because a rat has hidden away on a flight. It’s incredible,” he added.
An airline spokesman said passengers were accommodated on the next flight.
almost like the nyc subways
how did the rat get thru security?
i guess he didnt have deoderant on him.
Was the Rat wearing TEFFILIN?
He’s a stowaway who came into the country with a British passport. He wants to leave the country without any records for the Dubai investigators to trail.
Not in time for purim….early start for the next one
My friend is an exterminator want his # ?
Flagrant racial profiling! The rat did nothing wrong.
Rodents in airplane are very dangerous. They can chew through electrical wires and hydraulic lines, creating a safety hazard.
I smell a rat.
Probably trying to save on extra charge for being too large by hiding in carry on luggage.
i guess the exterminator was fired because he couldn’t bug off.
This could be the subject of Airplane The Sequel
Come fly rat airlines!
pritty sure that rat was brought onboard by 1 of the passengers. what I’m still thinking is, did it escape from his baggage by mistake, or did he let it go on the loose on purpose?
Now the terrorists can bury a bomb in a rat and explode it chas veshalom on planes or trains. Hashem Yishmor!
is this a purim story?
The Pied-Piper ‘ must have been on board.
Blame it on Israel .
Maybe it was a shtreimel, not a rat.
Could this be a problem with taking Matza on a plane?
Rats on a plane! Just how big is a giant rat? And had everyone on board taken their meds that day?
here kitty kitty
Somewhere, a village is missing its rat
I have heard of “snakes on a plane” but who ever heard of rats on a plane?
If it walks like a fart its a rat or a politician. At least its not a crying baby.
Was it a two legged or four legged RAT?
I think they should evacuate the airport because the rat slip through without going through security
I hate to upset you but actually all large commercial airliners have a RAT on board. It stands for Rapid Air Turbine and in case a total engine failure, a small door on the side of the airplane opens and a wind driven generator provides basic electrical power for communications and control surfaces. I’m not sure that they come in giant sizes and it certainly doesn’t belong in the overhead compartment, poor maintenance?