A Delta flight was recently forced to turn around an hour after take-off when maggots fell from the overhead compartment onto passengers sitting in the economy seats.

The flight on Tuesday 13 February was transporting travellers from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan, when a passenger’s suitcase containing rotting fish was in the overhead bin and opened up resulting in maggots falling onto passengers and the plane turning around.

After the plane landed all passengers were instructed to de-board the aircraft and the suitcase containing the fish was placed in a bag to be destroyed. The plane itself was also deeply cleaned.

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It wasn’t a weapon.

They aren’t paid to find rotting fish.

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Actually they are paid for that. One of the most important jobs of US Customs is agricultural protections and checks and I would assume the same is true for other countries. No one wants invasive species if they can help it.

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/protecting-agriculture

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Yeah but Customs is at point of entry whereas Security is at point of departure. So Security would not have caught contraband rotten fish.

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Yeah because the smell wouldn’t give that away…that’s where I’m the most confused.

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Why would US customs and border security be involved here…?

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I love it when people are downvoted for asking legitimate questions.

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Sometimes a country’s customs screening is in a foreign country, but US customs does not have a preclearance office in Amsterdam. Countries typically don’t have screenings for people leaving the country.

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Woah, where does the US have preclearance? I thought it was nonexistent

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When was US Customs to find this on a flight departing mainland Europe? They don’t see anything until it lands in the US.

There are a few airports in Canada and Ireland that have pre clearance, but that’s it.

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They aren’t great at finding weapons, either.

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They aren’t paid to do shit except make people feel safe.

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