NAC ‘operation mouse search’ continues

The search for a mouse in the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) aircraft — Boeing 757 — is still on.
“Today, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Corporation (Haeco) that has been looking after the aircraft in Hong Kong did fogging to trap the mouse,” deputy managing director of the corporation Raju Bahadur KC, said, adding that the mouse, however, could not be trapped.
They will again try tomorrow first by fogging and if it does not work by using pesticides,” he added.
Fogging is a procedure that creates fog like situation inside the air tight aircraft to trap any living beings.
The ailing national carrier has incurred Rs 20 million revenue loss due to the mouse in the last four days.
Though NAC resumed its flight to Kuala Lumpur on September 5 after getting clearance, another mouse appeared in the cockpit, while it was in Hongkong.
“Before we resumed our flights Monday night we had confirmed a total security check up of the plane,” he said, adding that on Tuesday, however, another mouse appeared in the cockpit while the flight was ready for its regular flight from Hong Kong, where it is under the surveillance of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Corporation (Haeco).
“We will not fly the aircraft until we confirm the security of the passengers as safety is our priority,” KC said, adding that due to flight cancellation, the corporation is bearing a loss of over Rs 8 million every day.
The flight to Bangkok was cancelled on Sunday immediately after the air hostess spotted a mouse in the aircraft. The 9am flight to Bangkok on Monday had 127 passengers who were later taken by Thai Airways to Bangkok whereas after total confirmation and security check-up NAC resumed its flight to Kuala Lumpur at 11:30pm with 190 passengers.
The national flag carrier presently has only two aircraft with it. Among the two, one is in Israel since August 28 for its regular C check and will start its flight after September 18.
According to Nepal Airlines Corporation, NAC is not the only airlines in which a mouse was spotted but there are many such incidents in the international market of airlines.