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

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

Passengers were left rattled when they spotted a rodent on a recent Spirit Airlines flight. As reported by TMZ , a video circulating on social media captured a rat running along an overhead bin, with its feet and snout visible through an illuminated glass panel.

Passengers were horrified on a recent Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, when a rat was spotted scurrying overhead. In a now-viral video, a rat is seen inside the overhead light of the plane.

This is not what you want to see when you look up above your seat on a plane. Forget snakes on a plane — these passengers were panicked by a rodent on an aircraft. Freaked-out flyers spotted what appeared to be a rat running above an overhead bin on a Spirit Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas to Los Angeles, California.