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Cockroach found in Air India’s Dubai-bound flight ‘hanged till death’, says flight’s cabin defect logbook: ‘Khallas’

According to the logbook entry, reportedly from Air India flight AI 315 on Friday, October 24, a passenger spotted a live cockroach in the cabin.

After addressing the issue, the engineer noted in the official record that the “cockroach hanged until death,” confirming that the “defect” had been resolved (Representative image/Unsplash)

A maintenance log entry from an Air India flight between Delhi and Dubai took the Internet by storm after it documented the fate of an unexpected stowaway, a cockroach discovered mid-air, with the line that it had been “hanged until death.”

The remark, written by an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME), has amused social media users with its blunt tone. Aviation journalist Jagriti Chandra shared an image of the entry on X. “An entry in Air India’s cabin defect log recorded that a live cockroach was discovered by a passenger. The rectification note wryly mentioned that the matter was dealt with… conclusively. Khalaas (finished), Dubai style,” the post read.

According to the logbook entry, reportedly from Air India flight AI 315 on Friday, October 24, a passenger spotted a live cockroach in the cabin. After addressing the issue, the engineer noted in the official record that the “cockroach hanged until death,” confirming that the “defect” had been resolved.

See the post here:

An entry in Air India’s cabin defect log recorded that a live cockroach was discovered by a passenger. The rectification note wryly mentioned that the matter was dealt with… conclusively.

Khalaas, Dubai style pic.twitter.com/sifW6NNtG5

— Jagriti Chandra (@jagritichandra) October 25, 2025

While Air India has not released an official comment, the post quickly gained momentum on social media, with many calling it one of the most memorable entries ever seen in an airline’s maintenance documentation. “This is the the best thing in a long time. “Evidence removed”,” a user wrote. “Once a pilot wrote in the Tech Log “something found in the cockpit”. The AME’s rectification log said “something tightened in the cockpit”,” another user commented.

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“More interesting and truthful than the normal bollox in an Air India logbook,” a third user reacted.

This incident came to light after a series of complaints from passengers about hygiene lapses on the airline. In a recent case, the Madras High Court found Air India negligent after a passenger discovered strands of hair in a sealed meal packet on a Colombo–Chennai flight, ordering the airline to compensate the traveller with Rs 35,000.

In another incident earlier in March, a Chicago–Delhi flight had to return to its departure point about an hour and 45 minutes after takeoff due to malfunctioning lavatories.