Mumbai, India - A disgusting discovery onboard a plane flight revealed what appeared to be a cockroach in a passenger's food! But when questioned, the airline offered up a very cockamamie explanation!

When Nikul Solanki flew from Mumbai to Bangkok on Vistara in late August, he stopped dead in his tracks as he found something very strange in his in-flight meal.

He recently shared on photo on Twitter of what he apparently found: a cockroach!

According to The Sun, Solanki informed the cabin crew at the time and filled out a complaint.

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The airline said it sent samples of the food to be to a lab to be "thoroughly tested."

"Based on the reports, we can confirm that no foreign object/insect was found in the particular meal sample," they told Solanki.

In fact, the object was "evaluated under a microscope" and deemed to be a piece of sautéed ginger!

Yet, most agree the photo shows a questionable item that looks nothing like ginger. Vistara has not replied to Solanki's follow-up requests to show him the lab report.

Despite not being willing to share its lab report, Vistara claimed on Twitter that it leaves "no stone unturned in ensuring that the highest standards of safety and services are upheld."

The issue could turn into a PR disaster for what the company claims is "India's best airline." Another Twitter user Nikhil Chinapa posted a video appearing to show a live cockroach onboard a Vistara jet. Other users spoke of similar experiences.

This is not the first instance in recent months that a critter has found its way onboard and into food. In July, a flight attendant reported finding a snake head in his airplane meal.

And just last week, a live snake was spotted onboard a United Airlines flight in Newark, New Jersey, slithering around the cabin and sending everyone into panic mode as the plane landed.