NEW DELHI: A Srinagar-Jammu flight of the Tata group-run Air India was delayed by approximately two hours on Thursday after a rat was sighted onboard the aircraft, officials said. Aviation regulator DGCA has begun a probe into the incident, officials said.
The flight departed from the Srinagar airport after the rat was removed from the plane, the officials said, adding the delay due to the incident was of about two hours. “The scheduled time of departure of flight AI822 was 2:15 pm. Due to the incident, it departed around 4:10 pm,” they said.