This isn’t exactly “Of Mice and Men” but it’s the harrowing story of how the best laid plans aren’t realized in the case of an ultimate role reversal. Passengers on a plane being trapped by a mouse.
It seems passengers on a British Airways flight were forced to endure a four-hour delay after a mouse was discovered on a San Francisco-bound airplane on Wednesday. I understand why the plane couldn’t take off because of the mouse. And at first I couldn’t understand why it took four hours to catch the thing? Taking so long to remove a mouse sounded like a Mickey Mouse operation to me. I wonder if they sent in the Mouse Squad.
But actually a mouse on a plane is a serious matter. Mice can chew through wiring, so when rodents are found on a plane, flight crews need to perform thorough checks before the aircraft is deemed safe for travel.
No word on if the mouse was given a refund or given the option of being placed on a latter flight to San Francisco.
And the passengers also took the delay in stride, understanding the humorous nature of the situation.
But I can see the Hollywood production now. In the tradition of “Airport” and “Snakes on a Plane,” will be the harrowing story of how passengers were trapped by a mouse on a plane. The movie’s title can’t be “Mice on a Plane” since there was just one mouse. “Mouse Trap” has a good ring to it.
I have to admit, though, if I’m ever a passenger on a plane this scenario is a cat-and-mouse game I could do without.
— Charles Whisnand
