Maggot infestation grounds US plane.
Maggots falling from an overhead luggage bin has stopped a US plane from taking off.
Passengers were horrified to see the larvae dropping onto an unsuspecting passenger as others began to panic and cause a commotion, US media report.
US Airways blamed spoiled meat in a suitcase on board the Atlanta-to-New York flight on Monday.
The plane was taxiing down the runway at Atlanta’s international airport when passengers were told they would be returning to the airport gate because of a “minor emergency”.
“The maggots, they started to drip out of the bin in row 15,” passenger Dona Adamo told TV network Fox 5.
