Posted on 05/04/2023 11:52:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
May 4 (UPI) -- A flight from Houston to Atlanta was delayed for about three hours when thousands of bees swarmed on the wing of the airplane.
Passenger Anjali Enjeti posted photos of the bees to Twitter and documented the experience of the delayed Delta Airlines flight at Bush Intercontinental Airport.
"My flight leaving Houston is delayed because bees have congregated on the tip of one of the wings. They won't let us board until they remove the bees," Enjeti tweeted.
Enjeti said the plane's captain announced a beekeeper would not be removing the insects due to not being allowed to touch the plane, and pest control would not be allowed to spray the bees. The airport was also unable to use a hose to spray the wing with water.
Enjeti said the bees finally dispersed when the plane's engine was turned on so it could make way for another flight to use the gate.
"Bee-lieve it or not, Delta flight 1682 from Houston-Bush to Atlanta took a delay this afternoon after a friendly group of bees evidently wanted to talk shop with the winglet of our airplanes, no doubt to share the latest about flying conditions at the airport," Delta officials said in a statement to CBS News.
Delta said the flight was delayed for about three hours before departing for Atlanta.
The queens can end up in some crazy places.
When I was a child, we had a swarm on a small tree branch over our patio.
Just when you thought maybe we had reached peak insanity, some idiot raises the bar.
Why couldn’t they just taxi out and fly away? What was everyone afraid of? Bad PR for killing a few sacred bees? It’s not like they were queer or anything. Hey wait, maybe they were Africanized American bees! BLM!
Russia starts dropping bees on American equipment in Ukraine.
Liberals panic.
Not The Bee!
We had one on our mobile home we owned 25 years ago.................and another one on a tree by where I work..................
You’d think it would just give the aircraft more lift. 😏
Yeah, the stupid gets worse by the day.
Dragging the swarm along with the aircraft would make the queen bee a drag queen, wouldn't it?...
This is silly. The bees would be gone by the time the plane hits rotation.
They’re on the winglets, far from the engines...
You win the internet today. 😆
“a beekeeper would not be removing the insects due to not being allowed to touch the plane,”
Is that stupidity a TSA or FAA thing?
Did they think he was going to dismantle the wing or strap a bomb on?
Imagine somebody in GOVERMENT ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT RULE UP WITH THEIR BRAIN........................
A swarm is seldom aggressive, no hive, honey, and grubs to protect. They are not angry, they have the whole world to explore.
Don’t worry, bee happy.
Going for twice...
Anything altering wing airflow is serious business, especially on the winglets. I wouldn’t want to be on a plane where the pilot said “I THINK taking off will make them detach. Let’s give it a try and see what happens.”
True, IF they taught the bees to flap in harmony. Or at least hum in harmony.
Just a guess. Mowing operations ran over a big bee hive and the bees took off in unison...
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