Scorpion Stings Passenger On Airplane

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TORONTO, Jan 8 (Reuters Life!) - A stowaway scorpion that stung a man on board a plane headed to Toronto caused a delay at the airport as investigators combed the aircraft for further arachnids, an airline spokesman said on Monday.

The scorpion apparently crawled out of the man's carry-on knapsack on American Airlines flight 1552 from Miami to Toronto on Sunday morning, said John Hotard, a company spokesman in Fort Worth, Texas.

"We delayed the outbound flight and searched the cabin of the aircraft to see if we could find any more, which we did not," said Hotard.

He said there was no indication the scorpion was brought on the plane intentionally.

A return flight to Miami was delayed by less than an hour after touching down at the Toronto Pearson International Airport.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070109/od_nm/scorpion_odd1_dc

[Hugin]

1. Fortunately, Scorpions (Chactoidea Vaejovis) are solitary and territorial...

I doubt you'd find more than one on a plane.

[SteppingRazor]

2. Unless a hitman gathered 1000s of them together...

and intentionally released them on a plane to whack a guy.

Dude! That'd make a great movie!

[Hugin]

3. Hey, I'd see that! Brilliant!

But, only if they added some Zombies, somehow. ;)

[Hugin]

4. I predict...

A Faux News scroller in the near future will say:

"The Department of Homeland Security bans Scorpions from all carry on luggage"

[KG]

5. Scorps on a motherfucking plane!

[cwydro]

6. Yeah, we have those in the Keys

mostly harmless. Feels like a bee sting though; nasty little pain.