Video: Motherf#ing Maggots on a Motherf#ing Plane

Passengers on a U.S. Airways flight bound for NYC were evacuated from the aircraft before takeoff Monday after maggots crawled out of an overheard compartment. As the plane was taxiing, passenger Donna Adamo heard another passenger behind her causing a commotion and refusing to take her seat. "Then I heard the word 'maggot' and that kind of got everybody creeped out," she tells the AP. "The maggots, they started to drip out of the bin in row 15... All of a sudden, I felt somebody flick the back of my hair and on the front of me came a maggot, which I flicked off me." Let's go to the videotape!

The pilot then announced that they were returning to the gate because of a "minor emergency on board" and the flight attendants told everyone "to sit down and be calm" and not think about the maggots that were probably crawling up their legs. Adamo gives the AP the best quote EVER: "I felt like they were crawling all over me because it only takes one maggot to upset your world. And as they're telling us to stay calm and seated, I see a maggot looking back at me and I'm thinking, 'These are anaerobic, flesh-eating larvae that the flight attendants don't have to sit with.' "

U.S. Airways spokesman Todd Lemacher released the following statement: "A passenger had brought a container of spoiled meat onto the plane. After it was discovered, all passengers were checked to make sure no other carry-on items had been contaminated and the passenger with the spoiled meat was re-accommodated on another airline. The U.S. Airways aircraft continued with its passengers on to Charlotte, where the aircraft has been taken out of service and will be fumigated as precautionary measure."

It's impressive somebody was able to get spoiled meat through security—we've been forced to throw out perfectly good sandwiches by the screeners! "You can buy meat anywhere," Adamo concludes. "I don't know what special piece of meat was in Atlanta that needed to get to Charlotte, but it affected hundreds, if not thousands ... of passengers."

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By John Del Signore in News on July 1, 2010 11:10 AM

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Melissa

Wait...where are the resident animal rights agitators, Felix and Handsomedevil? These maggots were unjustly killed as children! Don't maggots have rights too?

Guest

maggots look neither cute nor helpless. the majority of peta members respond visually and graphically -- which is a huge reason why they emphasize using pictures and videos, because that's how they became members in the first place. if the members cannot respond visually in a horrific matter -- such as this maggot case -- it's pretty much "bye bye, little sucker." (ok, that may have been a little harsh. either way, a state of ambivalence forms -- progress!)

many peta members have artistic talent, since one can assume that they have heightened visual senses. what they see horrifies them, and they want to educate the rest of the world by letting them see. and i do not mean that the rest of us have no visual sense. rather, average people tend to balance out all five senses -- including tasting -- which is one reason why vegetarians would often clash with meat consumers who cherish their sense of taste.

you may test and experiment on everything i've stated above by drawing cheerful, happy smiley-faces with thick black ink on maggots, and putting text baloons above the maggot with statements like, "i know i'd never be pretty. but i still would like to fly one day" or "will you forgive me if i can one day become as pretty as you?"

it may work, or it may not. this experiment will divide those who can differentiate what is real from those who make decisions solely based on having frantic emotions.

Guest

apoligies in advance to grammar sensitive readers for not proof-reading. i generally read my comments after i post them, so i catch myself afterwards.

PTG in nyc

Why are these disgusting people "re accommodated" by the airline? Part of the social contract of flying should be that you can't if you are dumb enough to bring rotting food on a plane.

jaycjay

Proof that simply being able to pronounce a word like "anaerobic" doesn't mean you know what it means. Maggots are not anaerobic.

Melissa

Both the maggot carrier and Adamo sound like head cases. So yeah, whoever brings rotten meat on the plane has some issues, but maggots are not a health threat unless you are a zombie or a vampire. Maggots eat ROTTING flesh. They are unattractive, but no reason to delay several airplanes. If I were in her shoes I would have simply asked they clean it out and spray some disinfectant. Rotting food is no big deal unless you eat it, though in Italy there is a famous cheese called Casu Marzu which is filled with maggots...and people eat that on purpose.

Get a grip people. I suggest elementary schools teach rudimentary units on entomology so people can stop making a big deal over little bugs.

angry_pickle

If you think rotting food is no big deal, I would hate to smell your apartment.

Melissa

Gross and totally undesirable? Yes.

A reason to delay multiple planes? Get a grip. Just because precious snowflake was terrorized by bugs isn't a reason to muck up everyone's travel plans.

Good reasons to delay a plane: *hint they involve people actually being harmed physically*: heart attack or collapse of a passenger, ebola, apocalypse, terrorist attack, anthrax.

Bad reasons: Something stinky and gross! OH heavens! Get me my smelling salts!

If I had been on that flight I would have been furious. Flying sucks enough already.

Guest

"...maggots are not a health threat unless you are a zombie or a vampire. Maggots eat ROTTING flesh."

not if i get to them first! igor, come! aye, we have fresh... i mean, rotten, new... ur, enemies!

ps my flesh doth not rot -- shame on you, woman.

Guest

those damned maggots never got to fly, either way.

Kitty Graves

You're eating maggots, Michael.

Guest

I was going to put that at first, but changed my mind. I'm glad somebody did it.

Kitty Graves

;)

Guest

Maggots are so cute!

Guest

actually, they're so hideous that even peta won't protect their existence.

chuzzlewit

"but the worst part was when the severed head with the mouth sewn shut rolled out and landed in my lap. so not my day."

jza1218

Ugh...some people are just so disgusting and shouldn't have the right to leave their house.

Torgo

What could possibly be that passenger's reason for bringing a poorly sealed container of rotting meat and maggots into the cabin? Sabotage? Mental illness? Scientific specimens? Maybe it was some sort of cultural thing, a delicacy, like Casu marzu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu

Reflect

Terrible airplaine food?

CR

"and I'm thinking, 'These are anaerobic, flesh-eating larvae that the flight attendants don't have to sit with."

Y'know what Lady, have it your way - freak out, go apeshit, scream and yell and cause a panic. If you really think that this is going to cause a disaster then by all means waste natural resources and people's time by turning the plane around because you're grossed out but in absolutely no danger.

I'm going to guess that whomever brought the meat on the plane was not totally in their right mind.