Cockroach found in Air India meal

A passenger travelling to Chicago, who boarded a flight from Hyderabad, had a bitter experience when he found a dead cockroach in the meal served by the crew onboard on Wednesday. Airline officials, who were alerted by the passenger by a tweet, tended apology and initiated an internal probe.

The Air India flight AI 127 bound to Chicago took off from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad via Delhi. The passenger, Rahul Raghuvanshi, is working as a



multimedia content manager at PYMNTS.com in Boston, Massachusetts.

Hours after Rahul boarded the flight, the crew served food in which Rahul found a cockroach and immediately alerted the crew. The crew pleaded Rahul to order a fresh meal from their menu.  Officials tendered apology to the passenger stating that ‘We apologise for the inconvenience caused. We have a zero tolerance policy in this aspect. Obligatory action is taking place.’