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Air India has denied a lizard was found in an in-flight meal on a Delhi-London flight on June 11.

The airline’s denial follows the publication of a picture on social media which purportedly shows the lizard’s head underneath a bun on a meal tray.

It is not clear from the photo if the creature is dead or alive.

India’s state-owned airline has dismissed the report as a “false and baseless hoax” launched to tarnish its image.

The alleged incident took place when the flight attendants were serving lunch, The Times of India reported.Air India lizard in in flight meal

The publication quoted a source as saying: “Soon after it was placed on to the tray, the passenger was heard screaming.”

The source said that the lunch was wrapped in cling film and the lizard scurried from underneath a burger.

“The passenger was very upset and said that he would lodge a complaint with the airline on landing,” the source was quoted as saying.

However, Air India insisted to strongly deny the allegation.

“No such complaint by any passenger of the flight has been received on board the flight or at the Air India office in London,” the airline said in a tweet.

Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju also dismissed the claim, pointing out that no-one had come forward to say that they took the picture since it was posted on social media.

The row comes at a time when India’s national carrier is battling huge debts which reports say has resulted in delayed payments to its caterers.

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Air India has sacked 10 pilots after dozens of them called in sick amid a dispute over training for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.

Air India has derecognized the Indian Pilots’ Guild and its office is being sealed, a company spokesman said.

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh called the strike “illegal”.

The pilots are protesting against the decision to train pilots from Indian Airlines, which merged with Air India in 2007, to fly these planes.

Air India has sacked 10 pilots after dozens of them called in sick amid a dispute over training for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes

Air India has sacked 10 pilots after dozens of them called in sick amid a dispute over training for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes

Air India pilots have said the planes were ordered before the merger, so they should be preferred for training.

According to reports in the Indian media, another 150 pilots were expected to miss work later on Tuesday.

Air India said it had cancelled four international flights due to the unavailability of pilots.

The strike is the latest in a series of problems for India’s national carrier.

Rising fuel costs coupled with increased competition have seen the carrier make heavy losses, raising concerns about its future.

To make matters worse, the airline’s debt levels have been rising.

Earlier this year, three state-owned oil firms halted supplies to the airline for almost four hours for non-payment of dues.

The airline’s dwindling fortunes have seen the government come to its rescue.

Last month authorities approved a debt restructuring plan and said they would inject 300 billion rupees ($5.9 billion) into the airline by 2020.

 

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