Two pigeons inside Jaipur-bound flight

Two pigeons found their way inside a Jaipur-bound GoAir aircraft as it prepared for takeoff from Ahmedabad airport on Friday, prompting the airline to urge the Airports Authority of India to deal with bird menace.

The AAI manages the airport.

A video of the incident was tweeted on Saturday by a passenger, Prashant Ramwani, and the clip has been widely circulated on social media.

“Two pigeons found their way inside the GoAir’s Ahmedabad Jaipur flight G8-702 while passengers were boarding (the aircraft),” the airline said in a statement. “The crew immediately got the birds shooed away. The flight took off as per its scheduled departure of 5pm (Friday).”

GoAir expressed regret for any inconvenience caused to its passengers.