The flight was diverted after a mouse jumped from a tray of food and ran away

“In these cases, we have very clear procedures to follow, including a full inspection of the aircraft and all of our suppliers’ processes to see what needs to be improved or changed to avoid scenarios like these. This inspection and investigation is now underway. .”

The passengers were transferred to another plane and continued their journey, landing in Malaga about two and a half hours late, the Aviation Herald reported.

It’s certainly not the first time rodents have snuck aboard a passenger plane.

In 2019, an Air India flight was delayed for about 12 hours when a rat was spotted in the cabin.

In March 2017, a British Airways flight from London Heathrow to San Francisco was delayed for about four hours after a mouse was spotted in the cabin, BBC News reported.

And in 2013, Chinese quarantine workers found 10 newborn rats living under a seat in the business class cabin of a plane in Hong Kong.