air india flight delays as rat spotted in plane <br /> <br />An Air India official said a rat was spotted when the plane had just started taxiing early Sunday morning and subsequently, the take-off was aborted. <br /> <br />The flight was almost full with 173 passengers in economy class and 34 in business class. <br /> <br />After taking the aircraft to the parking bay, it was fumigated and this exercise took about six hours