DES MOINES, Iowa — Some wayward ticks delayed a United Airlines flight from Denver to Des Moines.
Flight 1178 was delayed for nearly six hours Tuesday after a passenger informed a flight attendant that she found a tick in economy class during a flight from Washington, D.C., to Denver.
The airline decided it couldn’t fly the plane until it was cleaned of ticks, so passengers had to wait while another plane was flown from Colorado Springs to Denver. The flight was further delayed because of storms in the Denver area.
A United spokeswoman said between one and three ticks were discovered. She said the airline hasn’t figured out how the ticks got on the plane or what type of ticks were found.
“I don’t know if we’ll be able to find that out,” Urbanski said. “When possible, we do try to look into those type of things, and hopefully try to look for its origin.”
The plane was cleaned of ticks, checked and put back into service.
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