Updated at 1:44 p.m., Thursday, February 15, 2007
Aircraft's stowaway squirrel tests negative for rabies
Advertiser Staff
Tests for rabies on a squirrel that forced an American Airlines flight from Tokyo to Dallas to make an unscheduled stop in Honolulu last week have come back negative, a state Department of Agriculture official said today.Flight 176, with 202 passengers aboard, arrived 5:30 a.m. Friday after the flight crew heard a noise in an overhead bin, found the squirrel and decided to touch down at the nearest airport.
The passengers were sent on to their final destinations on other flights.
The animal was captured in one of the traps placed in the cockpit, was killed and then tested for rabies.
