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Edward Helmore

Delta flight turns back after maggots fall on passengers from overhead bin

delta air lines plane on tarmac with another plane behind it
Delta apologized to passengers for the interruption to their trip ‘due to an improperly packed carry-on bag’. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Unhappiness with air travel took a new turn when maggots rained down on passengers on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday.

A passenger reportedly brought rotten fish on to the plane in a carry-on bag, and placed it in an overhead bin, before the maggots broke free and rained on to passengers seated below, the Independent reported.

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