A swarm of bees halted a commercial plane, when the buzzing insects decided to take a break in the aircraft’s engine.
Beekeepers at the airport in South Africa hastily removed them, but the pit stop for the 20,000 bees still caused three flights to be delayed.
The bees had rested on top of a plane belonging to Mango Airlines, and the incident took place at the King Shaka International Airport, which serves the coastal city of Durban in the eastern South African province of KwaZulu-Natal.
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Melvyn Dawson and another employee from bee removal company A Bee C removed the bees from the engine
Beekeeper Melvyn Dawson said that it was a fairly quick task and estimated that there had been around 20,000 bees.
Reports said that the bees had settled on the engine of the plane in around 25 minutes.
After cabin crew spotted the delegation of bees, two beekeepers were brought in so they could remove them as quickly as possible and so that scheduled flights could get back on track.
The keepers were not allowed to use their own ladder or a bee smoker as they may have caused damage to the aircraft.
According to a Mango Airlines statement, it is the first time that a plane has ever been grounded due to bees.
The low-cost airline uploaded images of the unusual incident to Twitter.
Two beekeepers were brought in (right) so that they could remove the bees (left) as quickly as possible
In a Tweet the airline said: ‘Two beekeepers were called into remove a swarm of bees that had started building a nest in the engine of one of our aircrafts in Durban on Sunday. This unfortunately meant delays on three of our scheduled flights. The bees were safely removed.#flymango’
Mike Miles, spokesman for the South African Bee Industry Organisation, said that it was an unusual place for the bees to build a hive, adding that they typically use rock crevices or tree hollows.
He believes that they may have been resting on the engine before heading somewhere else.
The low-cost airline uploaded images of the unusual incident to social media (right), while beekeepers (left) removed the bees
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https://hienalouca.com/2018/09/28/around-20000-bees-take-a-pit-stop-in-a-plane-engine-causing-flight-delays-at-south-african-airport/
Main photo article A swarm of bees halted a commercial plane, when the buzzing insects decided to take a break in the aircraft’s engine.
Beekeepers at the airport in South Africa hastily removed them, but the pit stop for the 20,000 bees still caused three flights to be delayed.
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