Rat aboard: Flight cancelled

Chennai: A Port Blair-bound 'Indian' flight cancelled its journey minutes before take off from here today as the pilot noticed a rat inside the aircraft.
All 142 passengers had boarded the Airbus A-320 aircraft when the rat was found, airport sources said.
As the pilot refused to take off with the rat onboard, all passengers were disembarked and a thorough search was launched for the "ticketless passenger", sources said. As the search proved fruitless for hours, the flight was cancelled and the passengers were accommodated in various city hotels, Indian sources said.
26/09/07 PTI/The Hindu

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