A passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Brisbane Airport because little green caterpillars had jumped on board.
According to the Courier-Mail, the tiny creatures found their way into the plane’s onboard equipment, forcing the 20-seater Dornier-Werke plane to abort its take off.
An engineering inspection found several green caterpillars in the pressure-sensitive instruments.
An ATSB spokesman said the incident would not be further investigated for financial reasons.
"We’re only resourced to undertake so many investigations a year," he said.
Jim Carden, from the Brisbane Airport Corporation, said he could not recall a similar incident.
By David Wilkening, TravelMole USA
