This
might be just as bad as snakes on a plane.
Maggots.
The
difference is that 'Snakes on a Plane' was a bad movie, although it produced
one great signature line from Samuel L. Jackson. If you don't know it, you'll
have to look it up since it can't be repeated here. Or written, for that
matter.
But
the fact remains that a Delta Air
Lines flight earlier this week en route to Detroit from Amsterdam
had to turn around and return to its original point at Schiphol Airport after maggots fell on a passenger from an
overhead bin.
A Detroit television station interviewed Philip
Schotte, who said he saw about a dozen maggots on a woman sitting next to him.
"She was freaking out," Schotte told the station. "She was
just trying to kind of fight off these maggots. I don't really know what was
going through my mind."
"I was trying to process it – disgust is one thing of course,"
Schotte continued. "We had to wait there for help to actually come."
There is no word on whether either passenger uttered the now famous line
with one substitution.
Schotte said the flight crew eventually traced the maggots to a
passenger's bag containing rotten fish wrapped in newspaper. Many passengers,
including Schotte, took new flights and planes to the United States.
Flight tracking website FlightAware shows that the airplane spent less
than two hours in the air.
Delta confirmed that the flight turned around but said nothing about
maggots.
"We apologize to the customers of Flight 133 AMS-DTW as their trip
was interrupted due to an improperly packed carry-on bag," a Delta
spokesperson said.
"The aircraft returned to the gate, and passengers were placed on
the next available flight," the statement continued. "The aircraft
was removed from service for cleaning."
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