Talk about an odd plane incident
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Talk about an odd plane incident
Passengers aboard a Moscow-bound Boeing 757 flying from Blagoveshchensk were in for a nasty shock when bees started buzzing around the cabin mid-flight, Yakutia Airlines said Thursday.
A tipsy business-class passenger, it turned out, had smuggled two beehives on board at the request of the Blagoveshchensk airport's deputy director, who wanted them shipped to Moscow.
The shipment did not go smoothly, though. As soon as the Yakutia jet reached cruise altitude, the bees began to creep out of the two cardboard boxes that served as their hives, the airline said by e-mail.
The flight attendants managed to seal the bees inside the plane's wardrobe in the business-class section — where the boxes were held — by taping shut the wardrobe's doors.
It was not immediately clear whether the bees had actually stung anyone during the 10 hour, 40 minute flight, but several passengers panicked, the airline said.
The incident took place on May 28 but was first reported Thursday by Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
The jet arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on schedule, but passengers had to wait two hours to collect their luggage because the flight engineer and airline officials had to kill the bees with an anti-bug spray, Dichlorvos, after police either failed to call sanitary and emergency officials on the pilot's request or failed to respond to it.
Consequently, the next leg of the plane's flight, to Barcelona, was delayed. When the plane arrived in Barcelona, the next crew discovered five bees that managed to survive the insecticide in the cabin.
The beehive smuggler, whose name was not released, said the airport's deputy director, Anatoly Smirnov, had asked him to hand the bees over to an unidentified person in Moscow, the airline said.
Another passenger said the man with the bees was "slightly drunk" upon boarding, documents provided by the airline said.
Blagoveshchensk is a city in the far eastern Amur region and located on the border with China.
After the incident, the airline requested that Blagoveshchensk prosecutors check the airport's observance of safety rules. The subsequent check found unspecified violations that the airport's management was ordered to eliminate, the airline said.
The violation of flight safety rules carries a fine of 2,500 rubles ($86) for officials and up to 5,000 rubles for legal entities. It was unclear whether anyone had been fined over the beehive incident.
Read more: Bees on a Plane | News | The Moscow Times
A tipsy business-class passenger, it turned out, had smuggled two beehives on board at the request of the Blagoveshchensk airport's deputy director, who wanted them shipped to Moscow.
The shipment did not go smoothly, though. As soon as the Yakutia jet reached cruise altitude, the bees began to creep out of the two cardboard boxes that served as their hives, the airline said by e-mail.
The flight attendants managed to seal the bees inside the plane's wardrobe in the business-class section — where the boxes were held — by taping shut the wardrobe's doors.
It was not immediately clear whether the bees had actually stung anyone during the 10 hour, 40 minute flight, but several passengers panicked, the airline said.
The incident took place on May 28 but was first reported Thursday by Rossiiskaya Gazeta.
The jet arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport on schedule, but passengers had to wait two hours to collect their luggage because the flight engineer and airline officials had to kill the bees with an anti-bug spray, Dichlorvos, after police either failed to call sanitary and emergency officials on the pilot's request or failed to respond to it.
Consequently, the next leg of the plane's flight, to Barcelona, was delayed. When the plane arrived in Barcelona, the next crew discovered five bees that managed to survive the insecticide in the cabin.
The beehive smuggler, whose name was not released, said the airport's deputy director, Anatoly Smirnov, had asked him to hand the bees over to an unidentified person in Moscow, the airline said.
Another passenger said the man with the bees was "slightly drunk" upon boarding, documents provided by the airline said.
Blagoveshchensk is a city in the far eastern Amur region and located on the border with China.
After the incident, the airline requested that Blagoveshchensk prosecutors check the airport's observance of safety rules. The subsequent check found unspecified violations that the airport's management was ordered to eliminate, the airline said.
The violation of flight safety rules carries a fine of 2,500 rubles ($86) for officials and up to 5,000 rubles for legal entities. It was unclear whether anyone had been fined over the beehive incident.
Read more: Bees on a Plane | News | The Moscow Times
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I once had a lady screaming mid-flight because of a wasp in the cabin. She almost caused panic among other passengers. Wasn't funny, really, suddenly hear someone scream like that, everyone thought some really terrible thing had happened. The wasp was quickly caught with a plastic cup and held in the galley cupboard and released after landing.
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I arrived in Moscow Domodedovo once a few years ago on a KrasAir flight from Blagoveshchensk to find my suit case covered in honey, so perhaps the airport director has been smuggling bees and related products for some time.
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The ONLY time I have ever been stung was when I was sitting as a passenger in a Trislander. As the aircraft rotated a wasp flew through a vent landed on my leg and stung me. Hurt like hell......
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How to get the cabin crew buzzing
Bees on a plane panic as two hives swarm business class cabin
Terrified airline passengers panicked when two hives of bees smuggled onto a plane for a flight across Russia escaped in mid-air and began swarming around the cabin.
The bees - sneaked on board in cardboard boxes - are understood to have become agitated in the pressurised cabin during the 10-hour Yakutia Airline flight to Moscow from Blagoveshchensk near Russia’s border with China.
The trafficker - who has not been named by the airline - claims an airport official at Blagoveshchensk had asked him to carry the boxes to Moscow where he would be met at the airport.
Full article: Bees on a plane panic as two hives swarm business class cabin - Telegraph
Terrified airline passengers panicked when two hives of bees smuggled onto a plane for a flight across Russia escaped in mid-air and began swarming around the cabin.
The bees - sneaked on board in cardboard boxes - are understood to have become agitated in the pressurised cabin during the 10-hour Yakutia Airline flight to Moscow from Blagoveshchensk near Russia’s border with China.
The trafficker - who has not been named by the airline - claims an airport official at Blagoveshchensk had asked him to carry the boxes to Moscow where he would be met at the airport.
Full article: Bees on a plane panic as two hives swarm business class cabin - Telegraph
