Maggots Fall from Overhead Bin on U.S. Airways Flight

A U.S. Airways flight bound for New York City was forced to return to the gate in Atlanta on Monday after maggots fell from a bag inside an overhead luggage bin. The airline says spoiled meat in a suitcase is to blame for the mess.

Passenger Dona Adamo told FOX 5 she was scheduled to fly from Atlanta to New York on U.S. Airways flight 1537, which was to make one stop in Charlotte. But she says as the plane was taxiing down the runway at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, passengers were told they would be returning to the gate because of what was called a “minor emergency.”

Adamo says passengers began to notice maggots falling from an overhead bin onto an unsuspecting passenger in seat 15A below. Cell phone video shows maggots crawling on one of the seats.

“The maggots, they started to drip out of the bin in row 15,” Adamo told FOX 5.

Source: MyFox5Atlanta.com See video on the website