Source: Xinhua Author: 09/26/2009
Subject Concerned: Airlines Flight Delay Airport
A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport in Punjab, northern India, on the morning of Sep. 26, said an airport director.
Flight AI187, which was scheduled to depart at 6:30 a.m. local time on Sep. 26 from Amritsar, did not leave the airport even four hours later. There were 238 passengers on the flight.
A rat entered the aircraft and the crew tried to search for it, airport director Chinson Panakal said.
Airport officials said some passengers noticed the rat in the plane and informed the staff. The passengers were taken off the plane and waited at the airport for Air India to make alternate arrangements.
Some of the passengers said they were unnecessarily harassed due to negligence of the airline staff.
Passengers, especially senior citizens and those with children, said they had to suffer because of inadequate arrangements.