Nearly every airline requires animals to be confined inside a carrier when they fly. However, passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight last week were startled to see a rodent scurrying above them inside a cabin light fixture.

Commenters on social media are debating whether it was a rat or another type of rodent that hitched a ride on a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles last week

A rat or other rodent was spotted trapped inside a lighting panel on a Spirit Airlines aircraft flying from Dallas to Los Angeles.

Forget snakes on a plane — these passengers were panicked by a rodent on an aircraft. Freaked-out fliers spotted what appeared to be a rat running above an overhead bin on a Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles, California. A video depicting the furry infiltrator has racked up around two million views on Instagram.

Passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight were shocked to see a large rat running through the cabin during the flight.

In a bizarre incident that has taken social media by storm, passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas to Los Angeles were met with

In a statement shared with TMZ, Spirit Airlines said, “We are aware of the video and are taking steps to address this matter." For this

The rat was seen running about in the light, creeping out some passengers on board the flight from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles, California