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United Flight Hit with ‘Ant-mageddon’ as Bugs ‘Spill Out’ of Suitcase in Overhead Bin, Says Passenger

Started By dspdrew , Jun 18 2019 3:48 PM

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#1 Offline dspdrew - Posted June 18 2019 - 3:48 PM

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"On the plane from Venice to New York, when a large, fat ant walks over my pillow," Charlotte Burns wrote.
 
The crew member woke the sleeping owner of the bag, inspected it, and found it was indeed full of live ants that, in Burns’s depiction “spill out.”
 
The owner of the bag, she writes, “is using his hands as little tweezers, picking them off one by one."
 
https://people.com/t...says-passenger/
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#2 Offline Herdo - Posted June 18 2019 - 3:57 PM

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Haha I saw this last night. The woman kept a live update feed going on her Twitter. It was pretty funny.

#3 Offline gcsnelling - Posted June 18 2019 - 4:16 PM

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#4 Offline ponerinecat - Posted June 19 2019 - 12:14 PM

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They're panicking, we're laughing


#5 Offline FSTP - Posted June 19 2019 - 4:06 PM

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I would have caught it, I always keep a catch cup in my pocket, its part of my standard EDC


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#6 Offline Manitobant - Posted June 19 2019 - 4:12 PM

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Was the owner a smuggler? If so I’m hoping the USDA doesn’t use this as an excuse to tighten your laws.

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#7 Offline Serafine - Posted June 19 2019 - 4:18 PM

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Good thing United Airlines has experience with removing unwanted passengers from their planes...


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#8 Offline Acutus - Posted June 19 2019 - 4:30 PM

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Good thing United Airlines has experience with removing unwanted passengers from their planes...

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#9 Offline FSTP - Posted June 21 2019 - 6:49 PM

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#10 Offline Serafine - Posted June 22 2019 - 2:12 AM

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Ah yes, did you see the TV coverage? They actually showed scenes from that movie.

Only american TV news refer to garbage hollywood movies when they report about something.


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#11 Offline Barristan - Posted June 22 2019 - 2:29 AM

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The USDA's decision to consider all ants as dangerous are probably base on that movie.


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