Qantas cancels Rome flight after bedbugs found on aircraft

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 08:27 · Archive

Qantas cancelled a Rome-to-Perth flight after bedbugs were discovered in economy seats following passenger reports on an earlier leg from Perth to Rome.

Qantas cancelled a Rome-to-Perth flight to allow engineers and maintenance teams to carry out a deep clean of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after bedbugs were discovered in economy seats. Passengers on the preceding Perth-to-Rome leg reported being bitten by the insects on 9 October during the nearly 17-hour journey.

Passenger Hailey Bagnall said the bedbugs were 'crawling over our belongings, our clothing, our Qantas blankets, and they were even crawling along the window'. Other passengers reported being 'woken by screaming' and said 'the bugs just kept coming'. As they collected their bags, passengers discovered the pests inside their shoes and crawling on their clothing. Travellers alerted the flight crew about the bedbugs during the initial Sydney-to-Perth leg of the journey.

Before the aircraft departed on the subsequent long-haul leg to Rome, Qantas staff took preventative measures including deep cleaning the cabin, removing seat coverings and soft furnishings, and cordoning off the impacted seats. Qantas said its aircraft undergo regular cleaning to a high standard and receive a precautionary disinfectant treatment every 50 days.

How it is being reported

• Bedbug chaos strikes Southeastern trains AGAIN as six services cancelled after parasites spotted crawling between passenger seatsBedbugs have again been spotted on Southeastern trains, resulting in the cancellation of six services between London and Kent. The journeys were cancelled after parasites were spotted crawling between two passenger seats. Just weeks ago, multiple rail services were cancelled after a pest outbreak at the West Marina train care depot near Hastings in East Sussex, which handles Southeastern Railway routes. Now, according to The Telegraph, the parasites were spotted and photographed on a Southeastern Railway City Beam service, resulting in its cancellation. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The…GB News · 17 Oct, 08:33
• Bedbugs found in plane’s economy seats force Qantas airline to cancel flightPassengers on the nearly 17-hour Qantas journey from Perth to Rome reported being bitten by the insects.New York Post · 17 Oct, 08:12
• Bedbugs found in plane's economy seats force major airline to cancel flightA Qantas passenger described bedbugs crawling on her belongings and blankets on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner that flew from Perth to Rome. A subsequent flight was canceled.Fox News · 17 Oct, 01:15

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