Posted on 06/09/2021 2:16:23 AM PDT by Libloather
Journalists due to accompany Joe Biden on his first overseas trip as president were delayed on their outbound flight to England on Tuesday night - because of cicadas.
A swarm of the noisy flying insects - part of the billions-strong Brood X which appears across the United States every 17 years - filled the engines of the White House press plane as it was on the runway at Dulles International Airport, reported The New York Times.
The pilots were forced to turn the aircraft back to the departure gate.
The insects were responsible for the delay, a spokesperson for Delta Air Lines told The Washington Post.
A different plane is now expected to leave early Wednesday morning, when Biden will also depart on Air Force One, reported CNN.
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More likely the engines were filled with BS
A lot of cicadas this year- how many other flights have been grounded?
Biblical plagues hitting DC. Gods judgment.
gotta get the bugs worked out...
Despite the sycophancy of the media, the Biden white house decided to bug their plane.
Yikes! My kid lives in MD, they are under assualt from these creatures.
Never heard of such reasons before.
Flying Bugs Ground Plane Load of Dung Beetles
Film at 11.
This story bugs me.
The insects in the outside of the plane jept the insects on the inside if the plane from leaving.
CC
Pests on a press plane...
That’s not news.
You beat me to it.
Those werenât cicadas. It was Kamala cackling.
Yes, they are everywhere here. Swarming, on the ground, hitting your windshield when driving. And very loud!
How could they tell the cicadas from the “journalists”?
This is just amazing.
They’re awesome!
I wonder about that too. Could be it was never “important” enough to report whenever it might happen.
Some claim this swarm is heavier than they’ve experienced before - but I don’t know for sure. This may be the first time I’m really paying attention.
They are flying like idiots everywhere and there are millions per acre, and they are big, so jet engines (?) sucking it in could really be crippled. I could see that, the way things are.
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