Rat causes Air India plane to turn back
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An Air India plane flying to London on Wednesday was forced to return to Mumbai after passengers spotted a rat on board, the airline said yesterday.
Though the rodent was not found, the pilot turned back due to concerns over passenger safety, it said in a statement.
Passengers were later flown to London on a different plane.
The original aircraft will be fumigated and checked before being returned to service, the statement said.
Maintenance workers will make sure the rat did not damage equipment or chew any wires, an official said.
India’s national carrier had two other mishaps the same day. A pilot aborted takeoff from the northern city of Amritsar after a dog ran onto the runway as the plane was taxiing.
An official said the pilot spotted the dog running in front of the plane. He applied the emergency brakes and returned the aircraft to its parking bay. All 171 passengers and crew later boarded the same plane, which took off for London.
In another incident, an Air India plane from Mumbai was hit by a catering van at the Newark, New Jersey, airport in the United States.
Two weeks ago, an Air India technician was sucked into an aircraft engine and killed at Mumbai airport in what aviation experts described as a “freak accident.”
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