Air India Needs To Build A Better Mousetrap After Rat Sneaks Aboard

Where: India

September 29, 2009 at 8:58 AM | by kjb | 0 Comments

We�ve seen our share of airline delays due to weather, mechanical delays, and even wacky passengers. However, there aren�t too many delays caused by furry critters. Well, that�s exactly what passengers of an Air India flight had to deal with as they were stuck to wait things out for about 11 hours.

Apparently a flight with over 200 passengers from Amritsar, India was supposed to head out to London over the weekend. Early on Saturday morning passengers spotted a rat on the plane, and then the rest of the day was spent searching for the little stowaway. After all, it definitely didn�t go through security.

The only positive was that all the passengers were deplaned and got to wait things out inside the airport, so there was no repeat of past airline hell episodes. Air India eventually provided the passengers with an alternate aircraft, and the plane departed in the evening rather than first thing in the morning. We�re not totally sure if they ever found the original culprit or if that rat is still on the loose looking for leftover bits of peanuts. Regardless, they probably should have found that alternate aircraft a lot sooner.

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