When animals attack … Bournemouth Bees and a Boeing edition
From Aunty …
The Palmair Boeing 737, bound for Faro in Portugal, took off from Bournemouth at 0810 BST on Thursday.
But after flying into the swarm the pilot experienced an engine surge an hour later and returned the aircraft to the UK for checks.
Engineers ruled it was unsafe to fly and another plane took off at 1915 BST.
It is believed the plane’s engines ingested the bees while flying over Bournemouth but this did not cause problems until later into the flight.
From the Daily Express …
Palmair managing director David Skillicorn said: “It would appear that the engine has ingested a swarm of bees.
“This is not life-threatening because they come out of the back of the engine but we must check each fan for any possible damage.”