Officiating Head of the NAC´s Engineering Department Mukunda Prasad Joshi said the mouse that was found stuck by Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (HAECO)--the transit check and maintenance contractor that refuels and does minor maintenance of NAC planes in Hong Kong--staffers at 6:00 am local time escaped and disappeared at around 10:30 even as the pest control body was contacting the health department which would have checked the rodent for public health risks.[break]
“We had even got clearance from the airport authority to fly to Kathmandu at 11:00 am local time and the crew was already on the way to the airport when it got the message that the mouse had escaped,” NAC Station Manager in Hong Kong Gauri Lal Dangi said. Joshi, the NAC´s engineering chief, said HAECA had used fog and traps to bring the mouse out on Thursday but to no avail.
“They will repeat the procedure again and use insecticides Thursday night,” Joshi said. NAC Spokesperson Raju Bahadur KC stated that it would be very difficult to allow the plane to fly without capturing the mouse.
The NAC has cancelled the flight to Dubai and then to Doha scheduled for Thursday night after the mouse escaped.
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