Rat grounds AI flight

Chennai: A rat in an A320 aircraft sent Air India's staff at the Chennai airport into a tizzy on Wednesday.
Passengers on the Chennai-Kuala Lumpur service scheduled for 2 am suffered a delay of more than two hours after the rat was spotted by ground personnel inside the aircraft when it was being readied for boarding.
The aircraft was towed away and another pressed into service, said officials of Air India. The 130 passengers who were booked on the flight had to wait in the lounge for two hours before they were put on another flight.
In the meanwhile, Air India's maintenance and cleaning crew hunted and killed the rat on the originally scheduled plane which was inducted back into service after checks revealed that the rodent had not chewed up wires or components in the aircraft.
27/09/07 V Ayyappan/Newindpress

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