Mumbai: On May 24, AI 115, 7.15am was to leave from Delhi but got delayed by three and a half hours because of the foul smell.
When the crew boarded the plane they got a whiff of it. The engineering department was informed. But it took the engineers an hour to find the source of the smell, the dead rat. “They declared the aircraft could not be operated and recommended a change in aircraft,” says a source from AI.
The crew accordingly informed the catering department to change all catering equipment (oven), food trolleys and food as the smell had permeated them due to the air-conditioning. All the passengers were taken off the plane and moved to another aircraft. “The crew had already marked all the food trolleys and carts on the earlier plane but when they boarded the new plane they found the same food and equipment on it,” says the source.
And the same foul smell from the opened food carts.
The cabin crew reported the matter to AI airport manager Rita Buddhiraja who said that the plane should leave as it was already delayed and the flight duty time limit (FDTL) might also get over if there was further delay. So, the flight took-off at 10.45am and the same rat-smelling food was served to the passengers.
30/05/11 Naveeta Singh/Daily News & Analysis
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