1.   One mother of small children opened her garden shed to find a rat which jumped over her hand and ran out.

2.   Passengers disembarked and the aircraft was fumigated, but no rat was found, an unidentified airline official said.

3.   The rat was found dead the next day in one of the traps.

4.   When they investigated the sound, they found two rats chipping away at a large tree looking for food.

5.   No rat was found and Bhargava said the airline was seeking to identify the passenger who told cabin crew a rodent was on board.