Ticks on a plane: insects delay United Airlines flight from Denver to Des Moines

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PressJuly 9, 2008DES MOINES, Iowa - Some wayward ticks delayed a United

Airlines flight fromDenver to Des Moines.Flight 1178 was delayed for nearly

six hours on Tuesday after a passengerinformed a flight attendant that she

found a tick in economy class during aflight from Washington, D.C., to

Denver.The airline decided it couldn't fly the plane until it was cleaned of

ticks,so passengers had to wait while another plane was flown from

ColoradoSprings to Denver. The flight was further delayed because of

thunderstormsin the Denver area.United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said

between one and three ticks werediscovered. Urbanski said the airline hasn't

figured out how the ticks goton the plane or what type of ticks were

found. " I don't know if we'll be able to find that out, " Urbanski said.

" Whenpossible, we do try to look into those type of things, and hopefully

try tolook for its origin. " The replacement plane shuttled the 107 passengers

to Des Moines.The plane with ticks had begun its day in Chicago. It was

cleaned of ticks,checked and put back into service.No ticks were found on

passengers.Ticks can pass along a number of illnesses to humans, including

Lymedisease.

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