{"id":319449,"date":"2017-05-15T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=319449"},"modified":"2017-05-15T18:30:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:30:12","slug":"scorpion-terrorizes-united-airlines-flight-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/scorpion-terrorizes-united-airlines-flight-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorpion terrorizes United Airlines flight again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>Another\u00a0scorpion invaded another United Airlines flight\u00a0from Houston <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_311135948\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, prompting an evacuation of the plane, Houston&#8217;s KHOU reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>A passenger told the station that the scorpion crawled out of the sleeve of a sleeping man in the back of the Quito, Ecuador-bound jet. Eek!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>That\u2019s when takeoff was delayed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The captain of my flight just told us it&#8217;s a scorpion on the plane???!!!!! Good job United! \ud83d\ude21\ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Due\u00f1as (@DanielDue19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielDue19\/status\/862822659536584705\">May 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>\u201cHouston to Quito flight 1035 returned to the gate after a scorpion reportedly emerged\u00a0from a customer\u2019s clothing,\u201d United said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>Another passenger reportedly saw the scorpion then crawl under the man\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>United said paramedics at the gate \u201cimmediately examined the customer and determined that he had not been stung.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p><em>Unlike<\/em> the poor guy who did get stung by a scorpion on a United flight from Houston to Calgary last month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>As for the most recent encounter, United told outlets it provided meal vouchers to all passengers for the hours-long delay, and the flight eventually departed to its destination with the guy who reportedly had the scorpion up his sleeve aboard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component bn-content-list-text text\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;}}\" data-beacon-parsed=\"true\">\n<p>On a different plane, thankfully.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Huffington Post<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another\u00a0scorpion invaded another United Airlines flight\u00a0from Houston on Thursday, prompting an evacuation of the plane, Houston&#8217;s KHOU reported. 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