Cockroach Invades Air India's VIP Lounge

Image: PHOTO: Air India apologized for the unwelcome insect and said it has taken 'corrective measures.' (photo via Flickr/suttonls)
Image: PHOTO: Air India apologized for the unwelcome insect and said it has taken 'corrective measures.' (photo via Flickr/suttonls)
Patrick Clarke
by Patrick Clarke
Last updated: 4:03 PM ET, Thu December 21, 2017

Air India took some serious heat on social media this week after a journalist photographed a cockroach on her plate at the airline's business class lounge in Delhi.

Harinder Baweja tweeted the "disgusting" discovery to her 37,000-plus followers, prompting a quick response from India's flag carrier.

The airline apologized for the insect and said "corrective measures" were being taken immediately.

Unsurprisingly, Baweja's post also garnered responses from fellow Twitter users, including one claiming to have found a cockroach on his Air India flight from Dubai to Delhi.

In October, dozens of German cockroaches were found aboard a pair of planes bound for Kunming, China, leading pest control experts at Kunming Changshui International Airport to fumigate both aircraft cabins.

That same month, a mother and daughter found bed bugs on their seats during a British Airways flight from Vancouver to London.

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Although this week's cockroach incident is undoubtedly gross, Air India deserves legitimate praise to close out 2017. After all, the airline introduced female-only seating areas for solo women travelers in an effort to combat sexual assault and hired the first-ever all female crew to span the globe.


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Patrick Clarke

Patrick Clarke

Senior Editor

A Maryland native and wanderer who has lived across the U.S. from North Carolina to SoCal, Patrick Clarke graduated from Towson University with a B.S. in journalism. He previously worked for Bleacher

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