Bed bugs result in cancelled QF 6

[Zanzara]

Interesting beat-up in the Age about a section of Y class needing to be deep cleaned due to an alleged bed bug incident. Flight was cancelled as a consequence. Guess that’s what happens when the great unwashed travel. Yuk.

 

[AIRwin]

VH-ZNI?

 

[Big John]

VH-ZNI?

Possibly. SMH is reporting it to be a 787 aicraft. SMH also says it is was the return flight (FCO - PER) that was cancelled.

My first thought was at least those passengers had access to EU261 (unlike long suffering QF passengers deparing Oz).

 

[Melburnian1]

I already covered this in the Qantas delays and cancellations thread.

What I omitted was how it was QF5 that arrived FCO (Rome) on Saturday 10 October where passengers complained about bed bugs, and were offred antihistamines, but the staff ran out (unsurprisingly since first aid kits would only have a small supply of each medicine).

Yes, it was VH-ZNI. It turned into a QF70XX passenger-carrying flight ex FCO. after the aircraft was fumigated.

 

[esseeeayeenn]

I already covered this in the Qantas delays and cancellations thread.

What I omitted was how it was QF5 that arrived FCO (Rome) on Saturday 10 October where passengers complained about bed bugs, and were offred antihistamines, but the staff ran out (unsurprisingly since first aid kits would only have a small supply of each medicine).

Yes, it was VH-ZNI. It turned into a QF70XX passenger-carrying flight ex FCO. after the aircraft was fumigated.

Do you know what they used?
Those things are very hard to kill.
They are mostly resistant to pyrethrins and pyrethroids now.
The only really effective and quick chemical treatments left are neonicotinoids.

 

[DC3]

… a section of Y class needing to be deep cleaned due to an alleged bed bug incident.

 

[SYD]

The only really effective and quick chemical treatments left are neonicotinoids.

Burning is the the most effective treatment but obviously not practical when an entire plane is involved…

 

[Happy Trails]

What do they taste like?
Maybe Neil Perry could use them as a garnish.