Apparently, even the rats in Saudi Arabia (the four-legged ones, just so there isn't any confusion) are getting rich off oil revenue. They are flying first class when they travel.
ABHA — A rat running between seats — First Class seats! — aboard Saudi flight 1692 from Abha to Dammam caused a one-hour delay, Asharq Al-Awsat reported yesterday. While the plane was en queue for takeoff, a Saudi woman saw the rodent scurrying among the seats and alerted the flight attendants who alerted the captain who ordered all 480 passengers off the plane to search for the rat. The flight attendant called the airport fire department for help, but a one-hour search failed to turn up the furry little stowaway. The captain ordered the flight to resume, and one rodent got a free ride to the east coast.
One wonders if the woman who "alerted" the flight attendant did so by levitating up onto the overhead bins while shrieking. That's our preferred method of warning about rats.
