US EditionGiant Rat Hitches Ride On KLM Flight Across Atlantic, Stranding Hundreds
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More than 250 passengers were stranded on the Caribbean islands of Aruba and Bonaire after a rat was discovered on a KLM plane. The return flight to Amsterdam was cancelled, a KLM spokesman confirmed to RTL Nieuws. The rat was discovered on Wednesday evening during a flight from Amsterdam to Aruba. Despite the unusual discovery, the flight continued as planned. According to a KLM spokesman, the pilot had no real option to change the flight path,…
Rat on KLM Flight to Aruba Triggered Cancellation and Stranded More Than 250 Passengers - The Bulkhead Seat
Forget snakes on a plane. How about a rat? A KLM flight to Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) experienced an unusual incident this week after a rat was discovered onboard as the Airbus A330 crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). The unexpected sighting occurred and panicked passengers as they watched the rat move near the overhead bins and across the curtain rail. With no practical diversion options avai…
Giant Rat Hitches Ride On KLM Flight Across Atlantic, Stranding Hundreds
As someone with a phobia of just about anything that crawls (well, other than babies) or slithers, I sure am happy I wasn’t on this flight… Rat flies across the Atlantic on KLM, causing issues KLM operates a triangle route from Amsterdam (AMS) to Aruba (AUA) to Bonaire (BON) to Amsterdam. This past week, one flight was a little more eventful than usual. While the Airbus A330 was flying across the Atlantic from Amsterdam to Aruba, passengers spot…
The rodent was discovered on Wednesday evening on board a KLM flight from Amsterdam to Aruba • The flight continued as normal after the rat was discovered: "The plane was over the ocean, the pilot didn't really have a choice"
An unexpected incident forced the Dutch company KLM to immobilize one of its aircraft in the Netherlands Antilles: the presence of a rat on board a Boeing connecting Amsterdam to Aruba resulted in the cancellation of the return flight, leaving more than 250 passengers stranded for more than one day. The rodent was seen in the middle of the week on board a regular Amsterdam–Aruba–Bonaire aircraft. According to the company, the pilot chose to cont…
Because of a rodent on board a KLM machine, it does not take off from Aruba to Amsterdam as planned. More than 250 passengers are affected.
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