A Qantas flight is grounded due to a bedbug outbreak
A Qantas flight from Perth to Rome was found to have bedbugs, prompting the cancellation of a return flight and a deep clean. Passengers were bitten during a prior flight, and the airline grounded the aircraft. Train services in England were also cancelled after pests were found.
- Bedbugs were found on a Qantas aircraft flying from Perth to Rome.
- Passengers reported being bitten during a previous flight from Perth to Italy.
- Macquarie University parasitologist Michelle Power speculated bedbugs came on luggage or clothes.
- A Qantas flight from Italy to Australia was cancelled for a deep clean.
- A Qantas spokesperson stated the flight was cancelled for a deep clean.
- The aircraft was grounded for a deep clean after arriving in Rome.
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