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Scorpion bites female passenger onboard Air India Nagpur-Mumbai flight

According to the airline, it followed the protocol and conducted a complete inspection of the aircraft and found the scorpion after which a due fumigation process was carried out

|May 06, 2023, 15:20:19 IST

New Delhi: In a rare incident, a woman passenger was bitten by a scorpion onboard an Air India flight from Nagpur to Mumbai last month.On landing at the airport, the passenger was attended by a doctor, subsequently treated at a hospital and discharged, the airline said in a statement on Saturday.Air India said there was an "extremely rare and unfortunate incident involving a scorpion biting a passenger onboard our flight AI 630 on April 23, 2023".According to the airline, it followed the protocol and conducted complete inspection of the aircraft and found the scorpion after which a due fumigation process was carried out.Following the incident, Air India asked the catering department to advise dry cleaners to check their facilities for any bed bugs infestation and if necessary, carry out fumigation of the facilities as there is a possibility of bugs finding their way into the aircraft through the supplies, an Air India official said.Earlier also, there have been instances of reptiles being found onboard aircraft.In December last year, a snake was found in the cargo hold of an Air India Express plane from Calicut after it landed at the Dubai airport.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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