Woman stung by scorpion on Air India flight

In a likely first-of-its-kind incident in the history of aviation in India, a passenger was stung by a scorpion on an Air India flight when it was cruising at a height of 35,000 ft.

The carrier described the incident as “extremely rare and unfortunate”.

While rodents and cockroaches have been spotted on domestic flights in India in the past, this was the first instance of a passenger getting stung by a scorpion. The victim, a woman passenger, was flying to Mumbai from Nagpur in a late evening flight when she was stung. The incident took place on April 23.