A domestic flight in India was delayed
for nearly 12 hours after a rat was spotted scampering around the aircraft,
news reports and officials said on Tuesday.
Air India flight AI-952 was
preparing for take-off from the southern city of Hyderabad for Vishakapatnam, a
coastal city, early on Sunday, when the rodent was seen running around the
cabin, the Times of India daily reported.
Helpless passengers for the
flight were forced to stay put at Hyderabad airport all through the day until
airline staff managed to get rid of the rat, the report said.
An Air India official confirmed
the incident to DPA, adding that it was being investigated but gave no further
details.
The passengers continued on their
journey only after staff carried out fumigation to sanitise the flight and
searched for any possible damage caused by the rat.
The report said that there were
ugly scenes at the airport as infuriated passengers checked with airline staff
when their flight would take off.
Most of them took to social media
to express their amusement and anger over the incident, NAN reports.
Rats on planes are reported
occasionally and are thought to enter the aircraft most frequently through
catering deliveries.
In 2017, a New Delhi-San
Francisco Air India flight was delayed after a rodent was found on board while
the aircraft was taxiing prior to take-off.
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