In an incident, a scorpion bites a woman passenger onboard an Air India flight from Nagpur to Mumbai. Soon after the plane landed, the female passenger received emergency medical attention. She was treated by a airport doctor and later shifted to a hospital.
There was an extremely rare and unfortunate incident involving a scorpion biting a passenger on board our flight AI 630 on April 23, 2023, said the airline in a statement.
Air India officer said, Our team followed the protocol and conducted a complete inspection of the plane. And found the scorpion after which due fumigation process was carried out. We sincerely regret the agony and inconvenience caused to the woman passenger.
According to news reports, 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.
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