India, Sept. 22 -- An Indigo flight faced a delay of over three hours at the Kanpur airport after passengers spotted a rat in the aircraft.

The flight, travelling from Kanpur to Delhi, was carrying 140 passengers, NDTV reported. The aircraft was scheduled to depart for Delhi at 2:55 pm.

All passengers had already boarded the flight when one of them noticed a rat moving about in the cabin, and alerted the cabin crew about the situation.

After the airline staff were informed about the presence of a rat onboard, all passengers were safely evacuated from the aircraft.

Kanpur airport media in-charge Vivek Singh confirmed the presence of a rat onboard the flight and said passengers were evacuated as a precautionary measure, while speaking t...