Air India B788 near Delhi on Jul 30th 2015, in need of a mouse trap?

Last Update: July 31, 2015 / 20:59:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 30, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-123

Departure
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ANA

ICAO Type Designator
B788

An Air India Boeing 787-800, registration VT-ANA performing flight AI-123 from Delhi (India) to Milan Malpensa (Italy), was enroute at FL400 about 400nm west of Delhi in Pakistani Airspace when the crew decided to return to Delhi after someone reported a rat had been seen on board. The aircraft landed safely in Delhi about 75 minutes later.

A replacement Boeing 787-800 registration VT-ANJ reached Milan with a delay of 4:45 hours.

The airline confirmed a suspected rodent sighting on board of the aircraft, the presence of a rodent could not been confirmed however. The aircraft needed to be fumigated nonetheless.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service about 17.5 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 30, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air India

Flight number
AI-123

Departure
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
VT-ANA

ICAO Type Designator
B788

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