Maggots from rotten fish in overhead bin fall on passenger aboard international Delta flight
Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit got a surprising, and disgusting, announcement from the pilot an hour into their flight — they’d be turning around due to maggots falling from a bag in an overhead bin, showering a passenger in the process.
Maggots — the larvae of flies — were found falling from a bag carrying an apparently rotten fish on Delta Flight 133 on Tuesday.
Passenger Philip Schotte, who is Dutch and lives in Iowa, said he saw a maggot fall on a woman at the end of his row, and saw several more fall around her seat. "I could see she was freaked out. She was also composed, like she wasn’t like screaming or yelling or anything, but I could tell she was freaking out internally. Especially when I could see one actually fall on her. She immediately flinched and made sure that this maggot was off of her clothes,” he recalled.
He and the woman called for a flight attendant, but had to wait for the takeoff process to finish. Once they did, the flight attendants opened the storage and several more maggots fell out.
Delta apologized to customers in a statement saying, “their trip was interrupted due to an improperly packed carry-on bag.”
“The aircraft returned to the gate and customers were placed on the next available flight. The aircraft was removed from service for cleaning,” Delta said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...l-passenger-international-delta-fl-rcna139235
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