Maggots fall from flier's stowed bag, force US Airways flight back to gate in Atlanta

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Maggots fall from flier's stowed bag, force US Airways flight back to gate in Atlanta

Edited on Wed Jun-30-10 05:55 PM by babylonsister

Who in their right mind would gate check spoiled meat?

http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2010/06/----mag...

Maggots fall from flier's stowed bag, force US Airways flight back to gate in Atlanta

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY

A Charlotte-bound US Airways flight was forced to return to its gate in Atlanta after maggots fell from a passenger's bag that was stowed in an overhead storage bin.

"The airline says spoiled meat in a suitcase is to blame for the mess," Atlanta's FOX 5 TV reports. The incident happened Monday, but does not appear to have been picked up by media until Tuesday evening.

"The maggots, they started to drip out of the bin in row 15," passenger Dona Adamo tells FOX 5. As you might expect, a commotion ensued as affected passengers discovered what was going on.

The Associated Press writes "the plane returned to the gate and passengers got off so cleaning crews could clean the overhead bin."

US Airways spokesman Todd Lehmacher tells AP the flight eventually did continue on to Charlotte, but was then taken out of service to be fumigated out of an "abundance of caution."

If you have the stomach for it, FOX 5 News has videos related to the incident.

- Maggots on a MF'ing Plane!!	madinmaryland	Jun-30-10 05:55 PM	#1
- Maggot Farmer	lpbk2713	Jun-30-10 05:58 PM	#2
- Samuel L Jackson's next movie.	Skip Intro	Jun-30-10 06:00 PM	#5
- Maggots on a Plane!	AnArmyVeteran	Jun-30-10 07:31 PM	#28
- I saw maggots on a dead person	emilyg	Jun-30-10 05:58 PM	#3
- I've seen them on live people	Warpy	Jun-30-10 06:26 PM	#19
- So spoiled meat gets through security but god forbid you bring a water. nt	SunnySong	Jun-30-10 05:59 PM	#4
- What's the problem, it's carrion baggage, ain't it?	Trachimbrod	Jun-30-10 06:01 PM	#6
- FTW	XemaSab	Jun-30-10 06:02 PM	#7
- DUzy	hlthe2b	Jun-30-10 06:04 PM	#10
- win!	guitar man	Jun-30-10 06:05 PM	#11
- ...	babylonsister	Jun-30-10 06:06 PM	#12
- OMG that's funny !	virgogal	Jun-30-10 06:10 PM	#13
- ...	Kali	Jun-30-10 06:12 PM	#14
- I really did laugh out loud	mitchum	Jun-30-10 06:18 PM	#15
- rofl!!!!!	OmmmSweetOmmm	Jun-30-10 06:18 PM	#16
- Hahahaha!	JuniperLea	Jun-30-10 06:20 PM	#17
- ok, that's good. but why DID this guy have carrion in his carryon? eom	ellenfl	Jun-30-10 06:37 PM	#20
- LOL!!!	KansDem	Jun-30-10 06:43 PM	#21
- Epic win	Dead_Parrot	Jun-30-10 07:16 PM	#24
- DUzy !!! - And A Hearty Welcome To Du !!!	WillyT	Jun-30-10 07:34 PM	#29
- Zing! Pow!	TheDebbieDee	Jun-30-10 07:52 PM	#30
- That's fabulous!	PSzymeczek	Jun-30-10 08:08 PM	#32
- facepalm Welcome to DU	obxhead	Jun-30-10 08:12 PM	#33
- Welcome to DU, ya goof.	myrna minx	Jun-30-10 08:18 PM	#36
- That is so bad. Master Pun.	TheOther95Percent	Jun-30-10 09:20 PM	#39
- That is one of the all-time bests! n/t	blueworld	Jul-01-10 10:07 AM	#42
- Hehehehe	redqueen	Jul-01-10 10:09 AM	#43
- BEEF... it's what's for dinner....	hlthe2b	Jun-30-10 06:02 PM	#8
- Cleaning crew?	izquierdista	Jun-30-10 06:02 PM	#9
- And still better than the shit they try to serve on airplanes as meals now.	Liberal Veteran	Jun-30-10 06:24 PM	#18
- What happened to the passenger? Did passenger get delayed?	LiberalFighter	Jun-30-10 06:48 PM	#22
- The TSA bastards had a shit fit when i forgot to put my toothpaste in the qt bag. nm	rhett o rick	Jun-30-10 07:12 PM	#23
- I've been flying for a decade ever week	HipChick	Jun-30-10 09:03 PM	#38
- I am sick of these monkey-fighting maggots on this Monday to Friday plane!!!	anarch	Jun-30-10 07:21 PM	#25
- Are they sure the bugs didn't come from the airline food?	Liberal In Texas	Jun-30-10 07:29 PM	#26
- "Illegal possession of a republican" is serious stuff.	TheCowsCameHome	Jun-30-10 07:29 PM	#27
- Finally, Wendy O has made it big!!!!	Forkboy	Jun-30-10 08:00 PM	#31
- Maggot Brain	Initech	Jun-30-10 08:15 PM	#34
- Please stow your carrion items in the overhead bins /nt	jberryhill	Jun-30-10 08:16 PM	#35
- Wow and no one smelled it, go to a dumpster behind a meat processor	Historic NY	Jun-30-10 09:00 PM	#37
- Who on earth would carry meat and why? n/t	Mimosa	Jun-30-10 09:34 PM	#40
- Maggots & bags of decapitated heads...fly the grisly skies	blueworld	Jul-01-10 10:06 AM	#41