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A flight in India was delayed when a swarm of angry bees covered the cockpit window and attacked staff who tried to remove them
A domestic flight in India was delayed by two hours after a swarm of bees settled on the cockpit window, obscuring pilots' vision and attacking staff who tried to remove them. The Air India flight was about to take off when the bees landed on the window. Staff tried fruitlessly to shoo them away and disperse them with the aircraft's windscreen wipers before calling the fire brigade. Firefighters then used a hose to blast the bees away with water. An airline spokesperson said bees could… (www.yahoo.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Seems it was a sticky situation..something was on the craft to attract them.
At least they headed for the windscreen and not the pitot tubes...