The smugglers were later identified and are now under investigation.
Picture this : You ’re comfortably sit down on a plane , lounging , relaxing , possibly even savour some complimentary airline business snacks , when you seea rat — a white rat . You ’ll soon start to question , madly , why there is a rat on a airplane ? Is it a pet rat ? Is it a subway scum bag ? Is it a rider ? Then , in the thick of all these idle inquiry crowding your idea and the sheer anxiety that comes from spotting a wild and unsupervised animal on a plane , you twist around and under your tail end you see … a baby otter .
If that go like a fever dream , you could rest assure it is not . The rat and the otter were actually spotted on a recentflightfrom Bangkok , Thailand to Taipei , Taiwan — and they were n’t the only illegally - carried animal alongside . Plus , they were loose , which tally to the general pandemonium of the surreal situation .
After passenger pick out the animals mid - flight , crew members of airline VietJet attempt to take in them , The Telegraphreports , and one employee was reportedly bit by the large albino rat that was taking a amble down the woodworking plane .
A baby otter, though not the baby otter that brought chaos to a recent VietJet flight.|Peter Byrne/PA Images/Getty Images
But wait , there ’s more . Once the plane landed in Taipei , officials from Taiwan ’s animal and works wellness inspection representation searched every bag that was on the plane and they receive what can only be line as a mini - portable menagerie . To their surprise , they found one marmot , two otters , 28 star polo-neck ( 28 ! ) , and two nameless rodents .
patently , this was all the work of two the great unwashed , who are now face a fine up to around $ 30,000 due to the potential spread of infective disease through unrecorded animals .
But this beg the question : How was she able to pack all these animals through security in Bangkok ’s Suvarnabhumi Airport ? The drome is blaming one of its prole . " We have examined the CCTV and found that the smugglers were two foreigner who had their baggage scanned through an X - ray political machine , " the drome allege in a statement . " One of the staff was suspicious so they assigned another to launch the luggage . However , they did n’t check the baggage and allow the passengers to go through . "
The stave member in question is now suspend , according to the drome , and Taiwanese sureness said they are investigate the two suspected criminals . To our cognition , none of the beast were harmed .
