Sep 27, 2009 04:30 AM

Tamara Baluja,

An unlisted passenger on an Air India flight from Amritsar, India to Toronto via London caused an 11-hour delay yesterday.

A rat was seen on board Flight 187 by some passengers boarding at the Raja Sansi International Airport, said Harry Francis, Canadian manager of Air India.

Security staff played a cat-and-mouse game trying to catch the rodent, to no avail. Eventually, the aircraft was sidelined for a thorough check and flyers faced a delay at Amritsar until a relief aircraft was rounded up.

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