Maggots On A Plane?!
Maggots On A Plane?!
There is no shortage of horror stories involving flying. At this point it’s essentially a pick your poison scenario. We talked recently about a door aboard a flight ripping off and sucking off a passengers shirt. There have been malicious fecal distributors, people who relieve themselves in the aisle and more bare feet on armrests than we can count. How about maggots on a plane?
What Caused The Maggots On A Plane?
Last Tuesday, a plane headed from Amsterdam to Detroit was quickly turned around after a passenger had maggots fall on top of them from someone’s carry-on. The carry-on was stored properly in the overhead bin, however, it was not packed properly. According to reports from People.com, “an improperly packed carry-on” containing rotten fish wrapped in newspaper was found in a nearby overhead bin”. Talk about disgusting.
Well, according to reports from People.com, a passenger on the plane named Philip Schotte gave a statement to local Detroit news out FOX2. He said, “the woman was freaking out, trying to kind of fight off these maggots”.
According to People.com. the flight was an hour into it’s nine-hour flight when it had to turn back. The passengers were put on the next available flight and no one was injured.
Maggots On A Plane Still Better Than Snakes
So, if you aren’t familiar with the movie ‘Snakes on a Plane’ starring Samuel L. Jackson, it’s hard not to envision him battling an onslaught of maggots. Maggots falling from the skies would make anybody sick but it’s not as dangerous as a plane full of snakes. Grosser, some would argue yes. We guess it would depend on the amount of maggots on the plane. We have been unable to see any actual photos from the incident but how many maggots could one rotten fish wrapped in newspaper produce?
So at the end of the day, no one was injured from the maggots. But, we can all agree it has to be a pretty traumatizing to have maggots fall from an overhead bin on to your head.