Iberia flight delayed after pilot bitten by spider that crawled onto the plane

The pilot of the Iberia Airbus took medicine as a preventative measure - (Getty Images)

An Iberia pilot suffered a suspected spider bite mid-flight, after the arachnid was thought to have crawled onto the plane, causing delays while the plane had to be fumigated.

The spider is thought to have scurried onto the plane during a stopover in Casablanca, Morocco earlier in the week before it continued on to Spain, local publication La Vos de Galicia reported.