Scorpion stings man, delays flight

Chennai: A scorpion sting made the travel plans of a Bahrain-bound passenger go awry, and delayed a Gulf Air flight for more than 30 minutes at the Chennai airport on Sunday.
As D Vidyasagar, 47, buckled his seat belt and settled down for the four-hour flight, he did not know what was in store. The plane, with 216 passengers, started to taxi at 9.30pm when he felt a searing pain on his right hand and was shocked to see a scorpion crawl out of his shirt. It stung once again, this time on his thumb.
This triggered a commotion on board as passengers detected the scorpion and killed it. As Vidyasagar felt uneasy, the airline crew did not want to take a chance. The pilot was informed, the plane was stopped and pushed back and the passenger deplaned and moved to the airport's medical centre.
03/07/12 Times of India

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: airports Jul 2012, Foreign Jul 2012