Bed bugs result in cancelled QF6

[AIRwin]

Post in thread 'Qantas Delays/Cancellations'

Sunday at 3:25 PM

QF21/22 cancelled today.

VH-ZNI bedbug again?

• AIRwin

 

[DC3]

… they discovered the bedbugs on the SYD-PER sector and then removed the seat covers in Perth before continuing to Rome.

It may need more than removing seat covers. Bed bugs can be very hard to eliminate, hiding in cracks/crevices.

 

[Quickstatus]

They also removed and replaced the carpets in the affected section.

It is also not inconceivable that bed bugs are also present on other aircraft whatever the airline

 

[esseeeayeenn]

They also removed and replaced the carpets in the affected section.

It is also not inconceivable that bed bugs are also present on other aircraft whatever the airline

This may have been based on a misapprehension that bed bugs need soft materials to hide in.
They can and do survive on hard surfaces.

They need to bite and suck blood from mammals to survive, and, in particular, to lay eggs.
Their bites are so irritating they are unlikely to go unnoticed.
So it seems unlikely they could infest an aircraft for long undetected.

 

[Quickstatus]

This may have been based on a misapprehension that bed bugs need soft materials to hide in.

Seat cushions and carpets are difficult to cmean
And because they are removable, easier to change.

Their bites are so irritating they are unlikely to go unnoticed.

Not true,
See my post upthread.

 

[AIRwin]

Post in thread 'Qantas Delays/Cancellations'

Sunday at 3:25 PM

QF21/22 cancelled today.

VH-ZNI bedbug again?

• AIRwin

It has been ferried back to SYD

 

[Big John]

Yes, it was VH-ZNI.

I'm due to fly this aircraft on Monday (assuming no equipment swap). Hopefully they've cleared out the bed bugs by then.

 

[AIRwin]

I'm due to fly this aircraft on Monday (assuming no equipment swap). Hopefully they've cleared out the bed bugs by then.

It has been grounded in SYD since Monday - to let the bed bugs die out?

 

[Melburnian1]

It has been grounded in SYD since Monday - to let the bed bugs die out?

It's appropriately registered - 'I' for 'insects'.

 

[AIRwin]

It's appropriately registered - 'I' for 'insects'.

And Infestation