Large swarm of bees disrupts flights at Khon Kaen Airport

[webfact]

Photo via Khon Kaen Airport

 

by leah

 

A swarm of giant honey bees caused quite the buzz at Khon Kaen Airport in northeast Thailand yesterday, causing delays to two flights and stinging six members of ground staff who all required hospitalisation.

 

As soon as Thai AirAsia flight FD3260 from Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport landed on the runway at Khon Kaen Airport yesterday, a colony of giant honey bees (Apis dorsata) swarmed the turbofan on the plane’s right-hand exterior.

Luckily, passengers could disembark from the aircraft via a detachable jet bridge. However, their luggage couldn’t be unloaded due to the thousands of bees buzzing about the aircraft’s underbelly.

 

Director of Khon Kaen Airport Sommai Chainat ordered staff to spray water at the bees and use an airport crash tender truck to blow air into the aircraft’s exhaust pipe in an attempt to drive the swarm out of the plane.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/swarm-of-giant-honey-bees-cause-chaos-at-thailand-airport

 

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[KhunBENQ]

Bee excursion to Bangkok failed

[Denim]

Honey , I'm going to be late beecause the engine got hives

[rbkk]

A can of 'Ranger' spray from 7-11, 89 baht. Sorted.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Director of Khon Kaen Airport Sommai Chainat ordered staff to spray water at the bees and use an airport crash tender truck to blow air into the aircraft’s exhaust pipe in an attempt to drive the swarm out of the plane.

Apron staff were buzzing around.

[loong]

The passengers said that they will travel by buzz in future.

[quake]

Wax on, Wax off.

Lots of waxing off in Thailand, if you go to the right shop.  

 

 

[Burma Bill]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

ordered staff to spray water at the bees and use an airport crash tender truck to blow air into the aircraft’s exhaust pipe

A type of "sting" operation??

[Maybole]

Filling it up with BP?