They wanted to affix the mile hive club.
A flight in India was delayed for greater than an hour after bees swarmed the door of the aircraft, as seen in buzzy footage taking off online.
The un-bee-lievable incident occurred Monday morning on an Indigo flight that was slated to fly from Surat to Jaipur at 4:20 a.m., India Today reported.
Baggage handlers were reportedly loading suitcases onto the aircraft when abruptly, it was bombarded by a biblical plague of stinging insects.
Wild footage shows the pollen collectors congregating on the open cargo door like something out of the 1992 horror movie “Candyman.”
In consequence, the aircraft was ordered to stay on the bottom until the buzzkills were handled.
Airport authorities initially tried to make use of smoke to disperse the swarm — a traditional technique utilized by honey harvesters in India and elsewhere — but to no avail.
They then enlisted the fireplace brigade, which sprayed water on the bee ball.
Nonetheless, that only attracted more bugs, creating panic amongst airport staffers.
Finally, after dousing the interlopers with each smoke and water, crews were finally capable of drive the colony away sans any injuries or damage to the aircraft.
The plane was finally capable of put its wheels up for Jaipur at 5:26 am — over an hour after the airplane was colonized.
“IndiGo Flight 6E-784 Surat-Jaipur was delayed resulting from a bee incident, which is something not under our control, so the flight departed post clearance,” an airline spokesperson said.
“Standard protocols were followed.”
This isn’t the primary time a flight has been waylaid by bees.
Last 12 months, passengers at a Brazilian airport were left stranded on the tarmac for greater than an hour on Monday after a swarm of bees covered the wing of their plane.
