Worms began falling on the heads of passengers on the plane

The diversion of a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, led to an unprecedented incident faced by passengers on Tuesday (02/13), as they were surprised and disgusted at the same time, and began to see worms falling on their heads.

according to independentallegedly brought by a passenger Rotten fish on the plane in hand luggage They put them in a bag at the top of the plane, before the worms were released and fell on the passengers sitting below.

Philip Schott, who is originally from the Netherlands and lives in Iowa, told the local news network Fox 2 He saw at least a dozen worms landing on a woman during the flight.

“I don't really know what was going through my mind. I was trying to process it. Disgust is a thing, of course,” Schutt told the agency. “We had to wait there for help to come.”

Schott described how flight attendants found worms in a passenger's bag inside the luggage They found a fish wrapped in newspaper. After the man who owned the fish claimed it, Schoti said the flight attendants took it and the pilot announced the flight would return to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

In a statement to Fox 2, Delta Air Lines apologized to its passengers: “Their flight was interrupted due to an incorrectly packed hand luggage. The plane returned to the gate and the passengers boarded the next available flight. The aircraft was withdrawn from service for cleaning“.

Another passenger named Kelsey tweeted about the incident, he noted guardianin a now-deleted post: “It's really cool to spend 2 out of 8 hours on Delta to Amsterdam and find out that there are rotten fish and worms traveling with us.”

The passenger stated that he and other passengers on board were extradited 8,000 free air milesand reimbursement for the hotel room and a $30 meal ticket for the inconvenience.