A swarm of mosquitoes invaded a plane, passengers had to get off and there was a 3-hour delay

Passengers on flight FR1423 Ryanair bound for Alicante, Spain, suffered problems at Milan Malpensa airport. and the experience It was unusual.

Takeoff was delayed approximately three hours due to a swarm of mosquitoes in the cabin. Dozens of insects made it extremely difficult to stay on board the aircraft and to make matters worse, a young woman claimed to be allergic to mosquito bites.

The situation, according to a passenger who reported the incident, «It could have become a tragedy.»

Boarding, says the passenger who was leaving for a three-day vacation on the Costa Blanca, went normally «after an initial delay,» but «once on board, the cabin was infested with an impressive number of mosquitoes.

With the plane doors still open, The insects continued to enter for several minuteswhich made the stay on board extremely difficult.

Boarded on another plane

«The staff turned off the lights on the plane to try to calm the situation,» the passenger continues, documenting his story with several photos taken with his mobile phone. After half an hour, however, it was decided to disembark all the passengers. for health and hygiene reasonsand also because «a young woman claimed to be allergic to mosquito bites» and «the situation could have had tragic consequences.»

At that time, «all passengers were returned to the terminal, transferred to another gate and, subsequently,» the passenger concludes, «reboarded.» on another planeaccumulating a delay of almost three hours due to an incident that left hundreds of people stunned.

That was not the only similar incident. The 9:25 p.m. flight to Naples, also operated by Ryanair, took off two hours late for the same reasonand some families chose to leave the plane before takeoff.

ANSA Agency.

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