They were cockpit-roaches.
Passengers aboard Indian budget airline IndiGo were bugging out after spotting cockroaches running amok aboard a plane, as depicted in a skin-crawling clip with over 115,000 views.
“Cockroaches and in the food area of a plane (anywhere for that matter) are just truly awful,” Tarun Shukla, an Indian aviation journalist who shared the clip, wrote in the caption.
The video, which was filmed aboard an unspecified flight, shows several palmetto bugs scuttling about the airplane’s food storage area as if it were a mile-high roach motel.
It’s yet unclear if the airplane pestilence occurred while the plane was on the ground or in flight.
Needless to say, viewers were none too thrilled at the idea of flying in “roach class.”
“Aaaaa so gross,” wrote one incredulous commenter.
“You should be thankful they didn’t charge you for that cockroach safari,” quipped another.
A third wrote, “Looks like Indigo will die a painful death due to apathy and mismanagement.”
Meanwhile, the video’s original poster, Shukla, said he hopes that the low-cost airline “takes a hard look at its fleet and checks how did this even happen.”
He noted this incident seemed particularly unacceptable given that IndiGo normally flies “relatively new Airbus A320s.”
The carrier has since addressed the incident in a statement, per a follow-up post by Shukla.
“We are aware of the video that was circulated on social media showing an unclean corner in one of our aircraft,” the airline stated. “Our staff promptly took the necessary action onboard. As a precautionary measure, we immediately cleaned the entire fleet and carried out fumigation and disinfection procedures.”
The company added, “At IndiGo, we maintain the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene to ensure a safe, hassle-free experience and regret any inconvenience caused to the passengers.”
Unfortunately, this is far from the first time the airline has been accused of appalling service and standards.
Last month, Bollywood actress Radhika Apte claimed on Instagram that she and her fellow passengers were locked inside an IndiGo flight’s jet bridge at the Mumbai airport for hours due to a crew change.
“I had a flight at 8:30. It’s 10:50 now and the flight has still not boarded,” she griped in the post. “BUT the flight said we were boarding and put all the passengers in the aerobridge and LOCKED IT! The passengers with small babies, elderly people have been locked in for over an hour. The security won’t open the doors. The staff has ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE!”
