02/16/2024

Delta Flight Re-routed After Maggots Fall on Passenger

The flight was forced back to Amsterdam

Wary airline passengers already on guard for unruly passengers and even real-life snakes on planes might have one more thing – however improbable – to add their slate of possible in-flight disruptions. And it’s an icky one:

Maggots.

Yep, those creepy creatures that thrive on fetid foods and waste have joined the pantheon of things that can cause a flight to change course and ruin travel plans. The flight crew eventually traced the maggots to a passenger's bag containing rotten fish wrapped in newspaper.

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