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Serious [ BBC News ] Singapore Travellers Beware of Indian & Bed Bugs : Air India Business Class Flights Infested With Bed Bugs. Indians Blame The Weather ;)

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-44964232

Air India blames weather for bed bugs infestation
  • 26 July 2018
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Air India is India's biggest international carrier


India's national carrier, Air India, has blamed the weather for a bed bug infestation on one of its recent flights from New York to the western city of Mumbai.

Photos of a few business class passengers bitten by bed bugs were widely shared online in the past week.

Air India has since apologised and ordered an inquiry. It also promised to "rigorously fumigate" the plane.

India's biggest international carrier, the airline is in severe debt.

Adding to its woes, the company has lost market share to new entrants and suffers a bad reputation of having poor service and cancelling flights.

A few years ago, an Air India plane travelling from Mumbai to London was forced to turn back mid-flight after a rat was spotted on board.

Air India: The airline everyone loves to hate

Ayeshea Perera, BBC News Delhi

Air India is often in the news for all the wrong reasons. From rats on flights to clogged toilets to inefficient flight crews, the constantly negative headlines have often led to newspapers declaring the airline a "national shame".

However the truth is slightly more nuanced than that. Of course Air India has had a completely avoidable series of mishaps that have been embarrassing to say the least. However it also boasts one of the most modern fleets in the world, some of the best pilots in the industry, and there have certainly never been any incidents that involve crew members seriously injuring passengers.

In India the overwhelming feeling towards the airline is one of weary affection. Incidents like this are often treated as par for the course, and do not generate scandal in the way you would expect. Besides, that is, one recent incident that had everyone up in arms - the decision to only serve vegetarian food on domestic flights.

Air India apologised one week after passengers who had flown from New York to Mumbai on 17 July complained of being bitten by bed bugs.

Some shared photos in which their arms appeared to be covered in bug bites. Others shared close-up images of their seats, alleging they were infested with bed bugs.

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One of India's oldest airlines, Air India has not turned a profit since 2007.

In June 2017, India's cabinet approved plans to privatise the carrier. But it failed to attract buyers after the federal government offered to sell a controlling stake.

Any buyer would have to take on about $5bn (£3.6bn) of debt, which is only about half of what the airline owes.
 

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http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/dont-let-bedbugs-bite-cinema

Don't let the bedbugs bite - at the cinema

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Thursday, Jun 4, 2015

Moviegoers claim they have been leaving the Rex Cinema with more than just shivers down their spine - after finding themselves covered in bedbugs.

The Bollywood theatre in Mackenzie Road has admitted to The Straits Times that it has a problem with the bugs - and pest controllers say it may not be the only cinema here to have them.

A group who watched a film at Rex on May 31 told of how they began feeling uncomfortable during the two-hour screening.

Hairstylist Srirutiran Mathivanan, 29, said that his friend's wife began complaining she was "itchy".

When Mr Mathivanan turned on his mobile phone's flashlight, he noticed her hand was swollen - but that was not all.

"I saw many bedbugs at her feet and when I peeled the seat cushion back to look, even more came out," said Mr Mathivanan, who added that he had previously been bitten at the cinema.

His friend Narasinga Rao Vandasan, 26, felt that the incident was "no small matter".

"I sometimes see children going to the cinema. What if they get bitten? Cinemagoers don't want to spread this to their friends and family."

Mr Vandasan said the cinema's management had previously told him that it would clean up the place, but the situation has not improved.
 

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http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/s...ant-nea-will-be-taking-enforcement#xtor=CS1-4

Woman bitten by bugs while dining at restaurant: NEA will be taking enforcement action after Stomp report

Posted on 01 August 2015 | 5,578 views | 7 comments

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The National Environment Agency (NEA) will be taking enforcement action against Casuarina Curry Restaurant after a Stomper sent in a report of getting severely bitten by bugs after dining there.

Stomper Kaixin said she was dining at the restaurant on Saturday (Jul 25) when the back of her calves felt extremely irritated and itchy.

According to her, angry red spots were forming on her legs -- on the parts that were in contact with the seat.

In an official response by Mr Tony Teo, director of the Environmental Public Health Operations at NEA, the restaurant premises was inspected immediately.

The statement in full read:

"We refer to the STOMP article, “Woman severely bitten by bugs after dining at restaurant” on 30 July 2015.

"The National Environment Agency (NEA) takes a serious view of foodshop operators who fail to keep their premises free of pest infestation, which may then compromise food hygiene and safety.

"We received two feedback concerning bug-infested chairs at Casuarina Curry Restaurant recently and inspected the premises on 20 July and 30 July.

"We are unable to determine what had bitten the customers, although we detected some cockroaches in the crevices of some of the chairs.

"NEA has required the licensee to remove and replace all the affected chairs with new chairs. We have also advised the licensee to engage a pest control operator to rectify the cockroach infestation immediately, and required that their pest control reports be submitted to NEA.

"NEA will be taking enforcement action against Casuarina Curry Restaurant. Under the Environment Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations, licensees who fail to keep their premises free of pest infestation can be fined up to $2,000. On conviction, they will also be issued with six demerit points.

"This year (as at 30 June 2015), NEA has conducted more than 75,000 inspections on food premises and taken more than 290 enforcement actions against errant food operators who failed to keep their premises free of pest infestation.

"Operators of food establishments have a duty to ensure their premises are clean and free from pests by putting in place a good cleaning regime and an effective pest control programme.

"NEA takes such lapses seriously and will not hesitate to take errant operators to task. Members of public are advised to report such incidents by calling our 24-hour NEA Contact Centre at 1800-CALL-NEA (1800-2255-632)."
 

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TYPICAL INDIAN SNAKES blame the weather :wink:
There is a good reason WHEREVER INDIANS CONGREGATE,
There will be BED BUGS.
They are spread by FILTHY INDIANS themselves.


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Bugs are attracted to clean vegetarian blood. No bugs would want to suck wog eating filthy chinese blood.
 

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Even bed bugs dislike their BO. I don't know what to say.:rolleyes:

Will they now turn around and accuse the bed bugs of being racist ?
 
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