NBC10: A rat found scuttling around the cabin forced a Chinese airliner to return to an airport shortly after takeoff on Friday morning.
The rodent was found shortly after the Loong Air flight left the eastern city of Hangzhou for the southwestern resort city of Xishuangbanna, the airline said on its official microblog.
It wasn’t clear how the rat gained access to the plane, although the official Xinhua News Agency said it wasn’t brought on board as a pet and may have arrived with the meal service. Along with worrying passengers, rats can damage a plane’s electrical and other systems.
Did it escaped from the galley?
I thought you were talking about Air Force One. Damn,
Sweet and sour rat?
WJC – you are not far from reality. I saw people in China buying rats in a market. I also flew in a regional Chinese airliner. I almost expected people to board the plane with livestock. It was creepy.
Gee Wally, looks like it has a black eye from an exercise machine….
“No, dat nah bad rat, dat Fuss Class Mea’!”
Egg Fu Yuck
I’m surprised they didn’t have it stir fryed by the time the plane landed.
Poor little fellow. Always wanted to travel, broaden his horizons. Guess his papers weren’t in order.
This is how America got Roof Rats and Norway rats.
They came with us from Europe.
@Dadof4: I would expect this sort of thing from the Chinese, but you’d think the Europeans would have checked their planes better.
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Might not have been airships but they were shipped in as stowaways.
A flight to Mexico …?
Confucious say: Sum Ting Wong!
Yeah, I know – I was just being facetious. Some of those rats can probably trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower.
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(Forgot to mention: Above comment was to Dadof4)
@Mao was a rat!: Mao may not have actually been a rat, but I heard that he did eat mice. That’s probably why he had a mousey tongue.
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HEY !! That was an appetizer.
Who let the lunch out! Squeak squeak, squeak squeak squeak!,
Now Obutthole will be envious of the Chinese because he doesn’t have a rat appetizer on his Airplane!
SWEAR I saw one draggin its mate down the isle screaming “ADULTERER?”