China woman causes commotion by bringing pet sugar glider onto plane, leading to evacuation
- Incident reminiscent of 2022 case when a hamster escaped while plane was in mid-flight
Authorities detained a woman in Shanghai after she took a sugar glider onto a plane, forcing all the other passengers to disembark the aircraft.
According to a statement by the police authority in the city, the 34-year-old woman, surnamed Guo, violated safety rules by bringing a sugar glider with her to board the plane.
The China News Service reported that the China Eastern Airlines flight from Shanghai to Jinan, a city in Shandong province in eastern China, was set to take off on June 10.
But before the aircraft took off, the pet marsupial escaped from its owner before it was caught by other people in the passenger cabin.
All the passengers were told to evacuate from the plane, and the flight was delayed due to “safety issues”, the police statement said.
Guo was placed under administrative detention for “destroying the order of public transportation”, and her punishment could last up to 15 days.
