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Bee causes flight diversion
Sunday, 08 Jun, 2015
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A plane had to be diverted after a bee became stuck in one of the aircraft’s instruments.
Ten minutes into the flight, the crew was reporting unreliable airspeeds.
The appropriately named ‘Flybe’ flight was carrying passengers from Southampton to Dublin airport when it had to turn back.
Engineers on the ground found that a bee had got stuck in the pitot tube – an instrument on the outside of the plane.
The plane was delayed for about two hours before leaving again.
Flybe said the aircraft returned to Southampton due to a suspected technical issue.
It said: "Upon examination maintenance found a bee lodged into an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft."
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