Pilot Suffers Allergic Reaction After Being Bitten By a Tarantula Mid-Flight

A man holds a Mexican Red-Legged tarantula at the San Francisco Zoo June 13, 2003 in San Francisco. This is a representational image. (Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A pilot suffered an allergic reaction mid-flight after being bitten by a tarantula while flying an Iberia Airbus A320 from Germany to Spain, prompting medical intervention and later forcing a three-hour delay for fumigation.

The unexpected incident took place on a routine Iberia flight, where a tarantula, believed to have entered the aircraft via luggage from an earlier flight between Madrid and Casablanca, Morocco, bit the pilot, Canarian Weekly reported.