Mosquito swarm takes over plane, delaying flight

A swarm of mozzies have taken over the cabin of a plane with flight attendants desperately spraying the air with insect repellent.

Thought snakes on a plane was terrifying? A Mexican flight was delayed for several hours after the cabin was beset by a swarm of mosquitoes, as seen in a video blowing up online.

It happened on October 6 aboard a Volaris flight that was slated to travel from Guadalajara to Mexico City, Storyful reported.

Little did the passengers know, that they weren’t the only flyers in the cabin.

The itch-inducing footage, taken by passenger Elizabeth Esmeralda Minjarez Corona, shows flight attendants frantically waving their arms and cropdusting the air with insect repellent as the tiny terrorists fly about the cabin like something out of “Jumanji.”

Flight attendants spray repellent around the cabin in a desperate attempt to ward off the mosquito swarm. Picture: Elizabeth Esmeralda Minjarez Corona via Storyful

While the flight was initially slated to leave at 4.30pm, the mosquitoes forced the plane to postpone its departure time until 7pm.

It’s yet unclear how the skeeters infiltrated the aircraft, however this isn’t the first time they’ve boarded a flight at Guadalajara International Airport.

Local media pointed to a similar mile-high mosquito infestation that occurred aboard a Volaris flight in 2019.

“Yesterday I took a flight from @flyvolaris @viajaVolaris and the plane was full of mosquitoes,” wrote Mexican journalist Juan Manuel Jiménez in an X post describing the incident.

The swarm delayed the flight by two hours. Picture: Elizabeth Esmeralda Minjarez Corona via Storyful

Local media reports that the area where the airport is located presents an ideal environment for the “proliferation of mosquitoes because it is located near areas with flooding and abundant vegetation, as well as some nearby bodies of water that are contaminated. It also has to do with weather conditions.”

This isn’t the first time animals have wrought havoc in the friendly skies.

Earlier this month, a plane flying from Thailand to Bangkok resembled an aerial Noah’s arc after a white rat and otter smuggled on board by passengers broke free and ran amok in the cabin.

This article originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission