The United States, concerned about tainted imports from China, has exported
its own batch of potentially harmful goods to Beijing in the form of mice on a
flight from Washington, Chinese state media said on Tuesday.
Chinese
inspectors found eight mice, dead and alive, on a United Airlines flight to
Beijing after the airline reported the stowaways to local quarantine officials
upon landing on Sunday afternoon, Xinhua news agency said. The report
prompted an "emergency team" to rush to the aircraft, Xinhua said,
to "put rat poison and mouse traps at every possible corner on the
aircraft, including the cockpit". "Eight mice, dead and
(alive), were found at last... hidden in pillows," the agency said.
The surviving mice were sent to labs for testing, it said.
The incident was reported in most newspapers on Tuesday, citing experts
warning of dozens of fatal viruses that the mice could spread, and the risk of
deadly accidents from them chewing through the plane's wiring and circuits.
"We are taking this matter seriously and have begun a full investigation
with the authorities to determine how this happened and ensure it is
resolved," United Airlines said in a statement. "It would be
inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage as the investigation is
currently under way."
China has been rocked by a number of quality scandals involving food, toys
and drugs in recent months, but has repeatedly accused foreign media of biased
reporting, while making a point of naming foreign companies it claims have
sub-standard product problems.
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Chinese
inspectors found eight mice, dead and alive, on a United Airlines flight to
Beijing after the airline reported the stowaways to local quarantine officials
upon landing on Sunday afternoon, Xinhua news agency said. The report
prompted an "emergency team" to rush to the aircraft, Xinhua said,
to "put rat poison and mouse traps at every possible corner on the
aircraft, including the cockpit". "Eight mice, dead and
(alive), were found at last... hidden in pillows," the agency said.
The surviving mice were sent to labs for testing, it said.
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