In an unusual incident, an Air India flight that had taken off from Delhi airport early on Thursday returned after the pilot reported the presence of a bat to Air Traffic Control (ATC). Air India flight to Newark (EWR) left Delhi's IGI Airport at 2:20 am as scheduled. "Air India B777-300ER aircraft VT-ALM operating Flight AI - 105 (Delhi- Newark) was involved in air-turn-back due to bat reported in the cabin by cabin crew after departure. The Air India engineering team submitted its initial report to flight safety and stated that unwanted mammals came from third parties. The passengers were shifted to another plane and Air India flight AI-105 landed in Newark at 11:35 am local time.

Source: dna May 28, 2021 12:33 UTC