A flight operated by IndiGo was delayed for three hours at Kanpur airport after a rat was discovered inside the aircraft. The plane was carrying 140 passengers.
The passengers alerted the crew to the presence of the rat. The flight was scheduled to leave for Delhi at 2:55 am.
Following the discovery, all passengers were evacuated. The flight, which was meant to land at 4:10 pm, arrived in Delhi at 7:16 pm because of the delay.
In a separate incident, an IndiGo flight en route from Mumbai to Phuket was diverted to Chennai on September 19 due to a reported security threat. The airline stated that all necessary security protocols were followed and that the flight would undergo security checks in Chennai. The resumption of the journey was rescheduled for later that night due to the night curfew at Phuket airport.