Flybe flight forced to return to airport due to bee

A plane operated by airline Flybe was forced to turn back after a bee became stuck in one of its instruments. The drama began when flight BE384 began experiencing trouble while airborne from Southampton to Dublin.



Concerned for the safety of passengers, the pilot turned and made a return to Southampton Airport. Back on the ground, engineers found that the cause of the engine trouble was a bumble bee. With the bug removed from harm's way the plane again took off, safely landing in Dublin after a two-hour delay.

Passenger Noel Rooney tweeted: "Well, that's not happened to me before. A bumble bee got stuck in the wind instrument thingie on #flyBe flight BE384. Yep, that FlyBEE." A Flybe spokesman said: "Flybe can confirm that flight BE384 travelling to Dublin returned from airborne to Southampton following a suspected technical issue.



"The aircraft landed without incident and all passengers disembarked as normal. Upon inspection, Flybe engineers did discover that the cause of the issue was a bee that had become lodged in an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft. The safety of its passengers and crew is the airline’s number one priority and Flybe regrets any inconvenience experienced as a result of the delay to this flight."