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Holiday makers were stranded when their plane was grounded on the way to Cyprus when a pilot saw a rat running around in the cockpit.

The charter plane which flys between London and Paphos was grounded in fears the rat could chew through important wires in the cockpit.

The Airline Thomas Cook has apologised to all passengers for the 24 stop which was made for the Rat to be taken away.

What makes things worse is that the Rat was never found and after checking the wiring the plane was flown back to the UK.

A Thomas Cook spokesman said: ‘Any delays to our flying schedule are regrettable and we apologise to those holidaymakers on our Paphos to Gatwick flight last Sunday.

‘Only a very small number of sightings of rodents on board aircraft occur each year.

‘Thorough pest control checks were carried out in Paphos and again in Gatwick once the aircraft had returned, and at no time was there any threat or danger to passengers or crew.’

With the current Tsunami and Earthquake hitting Japan lots of people are cancelling their holiday’s to Japan but there are also lots of people trying to get back from there as well.

And now with the power station falling apart it looks like there will be more worries about visiting countries surrounding Japan.

This has been a big disaster which will take many years to rebuild the affected areas and with Tokyo being one of the areas this was a town which many holiday makers liked to visit.

Let me know if you have ever visited Japan and what your experiences were like.

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