LTBEWR From United States, joined Jan 2004, 9366 posts, RR: 7 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 1142 times:
Per a MSNBC.com article, they were MICE, not rats. Apparntly some jerk brought them on board, he put the bag with them in an overhead, then they escaped after the a/c reached crusing altitude. The article noted how the screams of the passangers was louder than the engines.
The man has been detained and a review of how security allowed the rodents to get by them is underway.
Qantas744ER From United States, joined Jun 2005, 1173 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1075 times:
Problem can be solved easily if the "mice" are still onboard.
I know as a fact that when rodants are find on planes such as 3-4 times on a AA MD-82, the plane is filled up with some kind of gas that is deadly to rodants but not to humans. And after 45 minutes the gas has spread out and killed all rodants. The plane is then checked for another hour to find the bodies of the rodants and the problem is then solved!
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PanHAM From Germany, joined May 2005, 3865 posts, RR: 15 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 950 times:
There goes dinner!
Must have been a big leather bag, with 80 of them inside. That moron could not imagine that rats chew through leather and that the conditions inside the bag gave them all the incentive to do that. Each if the rats certainly had a higher IQ than the guy carrying them on board.
80 lashes on the market place next Friday.
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Bbobbo From United States, joined exactly 3 years ago today! , 183 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 893 times:
Quoting BR076 (Reply 5): Great movietitle : Rats on a plane
"I have had it with these motherf***ing rats on this motherf***ing plane!"
Jamesbuk From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 3968 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 823 times:
Quoting BR076 (Reply 5): Great movietitle : Rats on a plane
They obviously got pissed off with everyone on here moaning about how rubbish the interiors are done and how unrealistic it is so they done it for real!!
how did they get out of the over head lockers?
rgds --James--
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Jetdeltamsy From United States, joined Nov 2000, 2965 posts, RR: 11 Reply 11, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 806 times:
While I never encountered a "bag of rats" in my years flying, I did encounter individual hedgehogs, snakes, kittens stuffed in coat pockets, dogs stuffed in coat pockets, chicks of some breed, crickets, "exotic" spiders, and more than I just can't think of at this moment. Oh..there was a goldfish in a ziplock bag once that passed away before we got to Atlanta.
People will try anything.
Worked for too many airlines to list. Banktupcy after bankruptcy after bankruptcy.
Scalebuilder From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 14, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 579 times:
Quoting Qantas744ER (Reply 3): I know as a fact that when rodants are find on planes such as 3-4 times on a AA MD-82, the plane is filled up with some kind of gas that is deadly to rodants but not to humans. And after 45 minutes the gas has spread out and killed all rodants. The plane is then checked for another hour to find the bodies of the rodants and the problem is then solved!
The gas used is actually a common household product here in the US. It is highly effective, and I just used it myself in my house. You just have to make sure, before use, that all heat sources are turned off.
$15 bucks per application, and available at Bill Deal's Hardware on Main Street. Affordable and effective.
Litz From United States, joined Dec 2003, 1553 posts, RR: 0 Reply 15, posted (2 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 442 times:
Quoting Scalebuilder (Reply 14): The gas used is actually a common household product here in the US. It is highly effective, and I just used it myself in my house. You just have to make sure, before use, that all heat sources are turned off.
The Mythbusters showed why this is a darned good idea ... mind you, they needed about 30 cans of the stuff to reach the optimum mixture, but yes - the house WILL go boom.
As for rodents on planes, it can be a HUGE problem ... not just the extermination and cleaning, but then you have to check ALL the wiring in case the critters started chewing.
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