MUMBAI: An Air India passenger was appalled to find a cockroach in his served mid-air meal during flight.
According to The Times of India, the incident took place on a Mumbai bound flight on Saturday morning. Rohit Raj Singh Chauhan, the passenger found a dead cockroach inside the served idli-vada-sambar during the flight.
Chauhan complain about a cockroach on a food plate but his plea fell on deaf ears.
With no other option left, Chauhan took to social media social media and posted a photograph of a dead cockroach in his served meal, forcing the airline to apologise.
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Air India on Monday apologised for the incident and said it has initiated “corrective action internally”.
“We sincerely apologise for the incident where our valued pax (passenger) had a disappointing experience with the meal served on board our Bhopal-Mumbai flight. Air India always endeavours to ensure our pax enjoy our services,” it issued a statement on Twitter.
“We have taken serious note of the incident and immediately issued a strong notice to the caterer concerned. Air India has zero-tolerance policy in this respect and has initiated corrective action internally. Our senior officials are in touch with the aggrieved passenger,” the airline tweeted.