If you thought bed bug infestation were a preserve for the lowly, here is a shocker! There are bed bugs enjoying flights! A British Airways flight to Ghana was grounded at London’s Heathrow Airport for four hours after bed bugs were found crawling on the seats.
The cabin crew saw bedbugs crawling over the seats — visible to the naked eye. They said it was unacceptable to work on that aircraft.’
“The comfort of our customers is paramount, so as soon as this very rare issue was identified at Heathrow, we immediately took the aircraft out of service for treatment”, BA spokesman stated.
But it is just the latest bedbug embarrassment to hit BA. In a statement to Yahoo News UK, an airline spokesman said: “The comfort of our customers is paramount, so as soon as this very rare issue was identified at Heathrow, we immediately took the aircraft out of service for treatment.”
This is the latest in a string of bed bug infestation incidents to hit British Airways in recent months.
In October last year, a Canadian family complained of multiple bites from bed bugs after a nine-hour flight from British Columbia to Britain.
The airline later apologised and gave the family an upgrade for their return trip.