A woman was stung by a scorpion on an Air India flight in an “extremely rare and unfortunate incident”, the airline said.
The Indian woman was travelling from Nagpur to Mumbai on April 23.
She was seen by a doctor at Mumbai airport soon after the plane landed and rushed to the hospital. She was later discharged.
Airline staff carried out a thorough inspection of the plane and the scorpion was caught.
“Our team followed the protocol and conducted a complete inspection of the aircraft and found the scorpion, after which a fumigation process was carried out,” the representative added. “We sincerely regret the agony and inconvenience caused to the passenger.”
The scorpion attack is the second incident involving animals and India’s airlines in recent months.
