Flight delayed by bees in aircraft engine

Flight delayed by bees in aircraft engine

World September 26, 2018 21:00

durban - A swarm of bees caused a nuisance at the King Shaka airport in the South African city of Durban. The insects had landed en masse in the engine of a plane from airline Mango. That drums experts to remove the approximately 20,000 bees, news24 News24 news.

Because of the unusual destination of the bees, three flights were delayed, a spokesman for the airline said. Mango scattered via Twitter a photo showing how beekeepers the motor again free of. It was the first time that a flight from Mango had to be postponed due to such an incident.

Removal company A Bee C talked about a 'hectic' operation. This took a while before the team was allowed to work on the plane. Also, certain devices should not be used for fear that the device could be damaged.

An expert told News24 that the bees probably only made a stopover in the engine.

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