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2024.02.16 Fri posted at 14:08 JST
(CNN) A passenger plane operated by Delta Air Lines from the Netherlands to the United States returned to its departure point shortly after takeoff. The cause was reportedly maggots that had fallen onto the passengers.
Delta Air Lines Flight 133, which was headed from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, USA on the 13th, turned around and returned to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport one hour after departure. According to Detroit TV station FOX 2 (WJBK), the cause of the crash was maggots falling onto passengers from an overhead bin.
Philip Schotte, a male passenger interviewed by the station, said he saw more than a dozen maggots on top of the woman sitting next to him.
“The woman was in a panic, just trying to get rid of the maggots. I don’t know what she was thinking. She was just trying to absorb the situation. I was horrified. Help was coming. I had no choice but to wait until then,” Schotte said.
According to Schotte, flight attendants investigated and discovered that the maggots had come from a passenger’s bag. Inside the bag was rotten fish wrapped in newspaper. The bag in question was moved to the rear of the plane, and an in-flight announcement announced that the plane would return to Amsterdam.
A few hours later, Schotte took another flight to the United States.
Flight 133’s flight time was just 1 hour and 49 minutes, according to aviation information site FlightAware.
Delta confirmed to CNN that the flight had been returned, but did not mention the maggots and said the flight was disrupted by “improper packaging of carry-on bags.” explanation. The passengers boarded another flight and the plane was taken out of service for cleaning.
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2024-02-16 05:08:00
