Crew Find 8 Baby Mice Aboard Airplane

Date: January 9, 2008
Source: Associated Press
CHICAGO - A cleaning crew in Beijing discovered eight baby mice aboard a United Airlines plane that landed in the Chinese capital, airline officials said Wednesday.

The crew found the mice in a pillowcase that was located in a bin for unused pillows, said Robin Urbanski, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based United. No passengers were on board at the time, she said. The mice were found after United Flight 897 from Washington, D.C., arrived in Beijing on Sunday.

"Our customers on this flight were always safe and unaware of the situation," Urbanski said.

The airline told local authorities about the mice, which is standard procedure, Urbanski said. The Chinese officials took the mice and "thoroughly inspected (the plane) for a little over two days," she said.
The plane was back in service and flew to San Francisco from Beijing on Wednesday, Urbanski said.

Chinese authorities did not impose any sanctions or fines on the airline, she said.

http://www.unitedafa.org/news/pdetails.asp?ID=390

 

Not really bad news........odd news - but not bad news.

It has probably happened plenty of times at ALL airlines.

 

Coming soon to a theater near you... "Mice on a Plane!"

 

the mice had no comment, although one was heard telling another "at least our flight wasn't cancelled"

 

Outstanding! makes me long for a tall frosty mug of Samuel Jackson lager. Always a good idea.

 

Considering I received the "Thanks, but no thanks" letter after taking the psychological screening, I am happy to see UAL is having good press.

-Fatty

 

So YOU were the one who put the mice on the plane! I'm sure that they'll give someone else a letter who can put some snakes on the plane. And then some cats to catch the snakes. And some dogs to catch the cats.