webfact Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Air India flight turns back after rat spotted on boardLONDON: -- A plane travelling from Mumbai to London was forced to turn back mid-flight after a rat was spotted on board, local media report.Flight AI 131 travelling to London on Wednesday was flying over Iran when someone on board said they spotted the rodent, reports said.Passengers continued their journey on a replacement aircraft some time later. Air India has said that the plane will be fumigated and the presence of a rodent was being investigated.Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35203731-- BBC 2015-12-31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The rat would have turned up its nose at the quality of the food on offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Mealtime on Air India economy class: Take a bowl up to 1st class and beg!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B166ER Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ....can the rat qualify for air miles?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ....can the rat qualify for air miles?.... how can it - it never paid for its ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do the flight attendants still spray disinfectant throughout the cabin during the approach to land in India? I am not joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveAustin Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ratatouille would be one-up from AI's standard fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arminbkk Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Will they also check all the wiring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andaman Al Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If it is true it is quite a dangerous thing and will take a massive amount of inspection to find it or where it is residing. Their palette is quite partial to electric wiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do the flight attendants still spray disinfectant throughout the cabin during the approach to land in India? I am not joking. Against my better judgement many years ago my company booked me on an Air India Hong Kong to Mumbai flight. Most eventful / disturbing flight I've ever taken. Some passengers carried TV sets in boxes into the cabin and sat there with TV in box on their laps for the full flight, some boxes, bags bigger than the seat width and occupying some of the seat width of the next seat. And worst of all, one family sat in the aisle and unpacked their food including a small primus stove for cooking. Steward had to get very angry to remove the stove. Many other passengers tried to insist the family with the stove weren't doing anything wrong. Cabin staff very arrogant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 1 in the aisle, the others in the seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Just someone's special order dinner that got loose. The flight attendant did not follow the cooking instructions as instructed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Would you care for a rat? --Basil Fawlty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ...someone on board said..... ...could they have been mistaken.....or....who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatfarmer Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do the flight attendants still spray disinfectant throughout the cabin during the approach to land in India? I am not joking. Not this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do the flight attendants still spray disinfectant throughout the cabin during the approach to land in India? I am not joking. Against my better judgement many years ago my company booked me on an Air India Hong Kong to Mumbai flight. Most eventful / disturbing flight I've ever taken. Some passengers carried TV sets in boxes into the cabin and sat there with TV in box on their laps for the full flight, some boxes, bags bigger than the seat width and occupying some of the seat width of the next seat. And worst of all, one family sat in the aisle and unpacked their food including a small primus stove for cooking. Steward had to get very angry to remove the stove. Many other passengers tried to insist the family with the stove weren't doing anything wrong. Cabin staff very arrogant. Jeez......That sounds awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If it is true it is quite a dangerous thing and will take a massive amount of inspection to find it or where it is residing. Their palette is quite partial to electric wiring! Killing it possible but difficult. Finding it, no chance, and if there in one there is likely more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soc Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The rat was the crew's lunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanukjim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 This happened all over the world several years ago when most of the airlines used 727 aircraft.When cleaning the aircraft at night the aft ramp was left down and field rats ( airports are in a large field area) would come in .In the 80s most airlines began to leave the ramps about a foot off the ground eliminating the problem.If this was the Asian airlines having crew problems lately ( crashes and missing airplanes) I would say that the rotents were found on the flight deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 those pesky rats are at it again !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotinsiam Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 It also happened last August in Delhi - could be very dangerous if they decide to eat the wiring. I have never flown them thankfully and I hope I never do, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Air-India-plane-grounded-in-Delhi-as-rats-run-riot-sent-for-fumigation/articleshow/39714323.cms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If it was mid-flight, why turn back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 ...someone on board said..... ...could they have been mistaken.....or....who knows... as mentioned above - the wiring needs to be thoroughly checked anyway (at least once ) I sometimes wonder if Thai airways is infested - it is getting rarer and rarer to be seated with a working entertainment screen and or headphones these days. One careless kick of the giant box under the seat will cause it to give up, especially on the lovingly preserved 330s and 747s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Sounds like Basil was looking for Manuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If it was mid-flight, why turn back? It was closer to Bombay than to London. Also, it might be easier and cheaper to sort out at a home airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copa8 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Mealtime on Air India economy class: Take a bowl up to 1st class and beg!! Holy cow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Do the flight attendants still spray disinfectant throughout the cabin during the approach to land in India? I am not joking. I've never used Air India but I have seen this done before. It might have been on Jet Airways which I've flown with a few times. The good news is that on the same day this happened I booked a flight from London to Bangkok on Air India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squigy Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Many two legged rats on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 The rat escaped from the kitchen in first class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 If it was mid-flight, why turn back? It was closer to Bombay than to London. Also, it might be easier and cheaper to sort out at a home airport. Not to mention the possibility of delivering pestilence. That's what this incident is all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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