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Scorpion stings passenger on flight
Updated On: 27 November, 2012 12:05 PM IST | | Agencies
A scorpion stung a passenger on a flight from Costa Rica to Spain, which forced the sealing of the Iberia airlines Airbus 340 at Madrid's Barajas International Airport, said aviation sources
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The incident took place last Thursday aboard Flight 6316 from San Jose to Madrid.
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The pilot told the Barajas control tower that a scorpion had stung a passenger; the airport's medical service was subsequently notified, the sources told EFE Monday.
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Upon the airliner's arrival at Madrid, Barajas doctors confirmed the arachnid sting on the passenger's left arm, for which they took her to a hospital in the Spanish capital.
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