Treated with medication
Spider bites pilot of a passenger plane in the cockpit
High above the clouds, even the smallest incident can cause a stir – especially when a biting spider is involved.
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25.02.2025, 23:06
25.02.2025, 23:11
A scary incident at high altitude: the pilot of an Iberia plane was bitten by a spider on a flight from Düsseldorf to Madrid. He was treated with medication in the cockpit. The Spanish airline Iberia confirmed the incident after the newspaper “La Vanguardia” had previously reported on it.
The crew immediately administered the drug Urbason to the pilot as a precautionary measure, Iberia told the German Press Agency on request. The employee is doing well. He landed the plane safely and without any problems and “continued his work the next day as if nothing had happened”.
Reports that the pilot was allergic to spider bites could not be confirmed at first. Contrary to the report by “La Vanguardia” and other media, which mentioned a tarantula, Iberia emphasized that it was not known for certain which species of spider had bitten the pilot on Saturday. The animal had not been found.
“The plane was disinfected immediately after arriving in Madrid and then continued its scheduled flights. The only consequence was that one flight to Vigo was delayed due to the disinfection,” it said. The passengers were unaware of the unusual but harmless incident.
According to “La Vanguardia”, it was suspected that the spider may have entered the plane during a stopover in Casablanca, Morocco, on Tuesday a week ago. There has been no official confirmation of this.
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Spider on board: Captain of Iberia flight bitten
The incident had consequences for the onward flight to Vigo. The Airbus A320 first had to be disinfected to ensure that there were no more spiders on board. It is suspected that the spider had entered the plane in the days before in Casablanca, Morocco, where the luggage for the flight was being loaded.
The spider bite and the subsequent treatment of the captain led to a delay of the flight to Vigo. The airline Iberia confirmed the incident and said that the captain had recovered well after being treated on board the aircraft on the way from Düsseldorf to Madrid. The exact species of spider is not yet known.
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An unusual incident occurred on an Iberia flight from Düsseldorf to Madrid. A spider, probably a wolf spider or tarantula, entered the Airbus A320 and bit the captain during the flight. The captain had an allergic reaction to the bite and was treated on board with a corticosteroid that was available in the aircraft’s first aid kit.
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