IndiGo Flight Delayed By 3 Hours At Kanpur Airport After Rat Spotted On Board

An IndiGo Airlines flight at Kanpur Airport was delayed for nearly three hours today after a rat was spotted inside the aircraft, disrupting 140 passengers and airport staff.

The flight, which was scheduled to depart for Delhi at 2:55 pm, had already boarded all passengers when someone noticed a rat jumping around inside the cabin. The airline staff were immediately informed about the rodent’s presence.

Following the incident, all passengers were safely evacuated, and a search operation to locate the rat was conducted, lasting around an hour and a half.

Initially, the flight was set to arrive in Delhi at 4:10 pm, and finally departed Kanpur at 6:03 pm, landing at 7:16 pm in Delhi.

According to NDTV, airport media in-charge Vivek Singh confirmed

the presence of a rat on the aircraft and the evacuation of passengers as a precautionary measure.

Earlier, on June 25, 2025, Air India Flight scheduled from Mumbai to Bangkok was delayed by over three hours after parts of a bird nest were discovered inside one of the aircraft’s wings.

The nest was found by a passenger who noticed twigs near the wing and reported it to the flight attendant. The airline conducted a thorough inspection, and another aircraft was arranged for the passengers.