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| British Airways Heathrow flight cancelled over mouse on plane | British Airways Heathrow flight cancelled over mouse on plane |
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| A flight from Heathrow to San Francisco has been cancelled after a mouse was spotted on the plane. | A flight from Heathrow to San Francisco has been cancelled after a mouse was spotted on the plane. |
| Passengers on the 10:40 GMT British Airways flight were strapped in and waiting to take off when the cancellation was announced. | Passengers on the 10:40 GMT British Airways flight were strapped in and waiting to take off when the cancellation was announced. |
| Carly, who was on the flight, said the air crew announced that "a rather unusual occurrence has occurred". | Carly, who was on the flight, said the air crew announced that "a rather unusual occurrence has occurred". |
| They said rules stipulate planes cannot take off with mice onboard and that another flight would be laid on. | They said rules stipulate planes cannot take off with mice onboard and that another flight would be laid on. |
| "I'm not sure people knew how to react," said Carly. | |
| "There was general disbelief." | "There was general disbelief." |
| She said they had been told another plane had been found, but the passengers would have to wait several hours for a gate to be found before the aircraft could take off. | She said they had been told another plane had been found, but the passengers would have to wait several hours for a gate to be found before the aircraft could take off. |
| Some of the flight's passengers have tweeted their reactions. | |
| Matt Watt wrote: "Just had my flight to SFO cancelled because of a mouse on board the plane. Could it not get a visa?? #britishairways", while @midlandsound wrote a Haiku: "About to fly to SF, There is a mouse on the plane, We all must get off." | |
| He also wrote: "I'm going to sell this to the movies. It can be the slightly more pedestrian prequel to snakes on a plane. Maybe this is what lured them on?" | |
| British Airways has not yet commented, and Heathrow Airport said it could not comment on individual flights. | British Airways has not yet commented, and Heathrow Airport said it could not comment on individual flights. |
| In 2015, boxer David Haye's flight from Birmingham was also cancelled because a mouse was seen on the plane. |