An image of a bizarre cabin bug on an Air India flight has gone viral on social media, showing the crew allegedly “hanging to death” a cockroach that was found on board.
According to the post, the passenger discovered the cockroach shortly after the Delhi-Dubai flight took off.
The log entry read: “17 cockroaches ‘G’ found alive by guest.
“Cockroach hung to death,” mentions “remedial details.” The entry is dated October 24, 2025.
Livemint could not independently verify the photo’s authenticity. Air India reached out for comment.
Hilarious reactions of Internet users to “cockroach”
A recent post about the unusual journal entry also received hilarious comments from netizens.
“I want to know if the body was released to the family or not,” the user wrote.
“Body handed over to caterer as family untraceable,” commented another.
One user went so far as to call him the “Bhagat Singh of cockroaches”.
Another thoughtful comment asked: “Did they use tea bag strings to hang it?
The incident comes at a time when many passengers have reported hygiene issues with the airline. The Madras High Court recently held Air India liable for negligence after a passenger found strands of hair in a sealed food packet on a Colombo-Chennai flight. The airline was asked to pay ₹35,000 to the flyer.
In early March, a Chicago-Delhi flight was forced to turn back 1 hour and 45 minutes after its toilets became inoperable.
In a statement, the airline said: “We would like to confirm that as part of our investigation into the incident, our teams found polythene bags, rags and clothing that had been flushed and stuck in the pipes. This resulted in the toilets becoming inoperable.”
This caused a strong backlash on social media.
