Bees delay flight by an hour

Kolkata: A flight was delayed in Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata when a swarm of bees entered the aircraft’s engine room prompting authorities to postpone the take off.
Interestingly, the incident is not a rare one in Kolkata airport as there are several instances when jackals or birds have blocked the runway and delayed the flights. However, this time, it was a swarm of bees which did the foul play.
It began with some flight staff noticing a humming sound in the cargo section of the aircraft of Patna bound Indigo flight 6E-339 which was supposed to take off at 9.20 am.
The fire brigade was summoned immediately. It was found that bees had entered the engine room which might cause serious problem not only for the passengers but also to the flight itself and so the flight was immediately put on hold, an airport official said.
10/09/12 Deccan Herald

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Categories: airports Sep 2012, Indigo Airlines Sep 2012