Maggots. Image: Adobe Stock
Maggots rain down on passengers mid-flight
A Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was forced to make a U-turn after maggots from overhead compartment landed on passengers.
Maggots. Image: Adobe Stock
Passengers on board a Delta flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Detroit, USA were left disgusted after maggots started raining down on them mid-flight.
ROTTING FISH ALLOWED IN CARRY-ON LUGGAGE
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Before the flight took off on 13 February, some passengers reported a foul smell to the flight attendants. However, the attendants did not investigate the cause of the smell and simply asked passengers to turn on their air vents.
About an hour into the 9-hour flight, hundreds of maggots began falling out of an overhead compartment, onto passengers. Dead fish stowed away in carry-on luggage was reportedly the cause of the maggot infestation.
Sky News reports that one of the passengers had indicated that the wriggling larvae were falling onto her head.
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ABSOLUTELY GROSS
Speaking to Sky News after the plane had returned to Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, one of the passengers called the incident “absolutely gross”.
Going by the username, Nisha_16 on Reddit, the passenger recounted how the maggots were everywhere.
“My family and I were in the row directly in front of the maggots.
The lady right behind us told the flight attendants the maggots were falling on her head. I turned around and they were wiggling around on the seat.
It was absolutely gross.”
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DELTA APOLOGISES FOR IMPROPER CHECK OF LUGGAGE
Confirming the incident on its website, Delta apologised to passengers for the serious error on their part by not properly checking the carry-on bag in question.
The airline said passengers were placed on an alternative flight as soon as possible.
“We apologise to the customers of Flight 133 AMS-DTW as their trip was interrupted due to an improperly packed carry-on bag.”
