'We have had sanitation problems': Airline refuses to hand over holidaymakers' bags ... after they become infested with MAGGOTS on flight to Stockholm
- The luggage on Brussels Airlines flight to Stockholm contained maggots
- Airline says infestation was due to a passenger packing expired food
- Infested bag has now been destroyed, and the remaining bags sanitised
Passengers flying from Brussels to Stockholm were shocked when airline bosses refused to return their luggage - after it was found to be infested with maggots.
The surprised travellers were told that their baggage would be flown back to Brussels, to be either sanitised or destroyed.
One passenger on board, 60-year-old journalist Willy Silberstein, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet: 'When they opened the baggage area, maggots spilled out.'
Gruesome: Luggage on a Brussels Airlines flight to Stockholm was found to contain maggots
Silberstein was on a flight to Stockholm's Bromma airport on Sunday.
Infested: When the baggage area was opened, maggots spilled out
'In these times of ebola, it's understandable that they have to be careful,' he said.
'But it's certainly unusual.'
Brussels Airlines reported that the infestation was due to a passenger packing expired food in their suitcase.
Spokesman for the airline, Geert Sciot, said: 'I can confirm that we have had sanitation problems with a passenger's baggage, which apparently contained food which was expired and rotten.'
'It was transfer baggage from another continent.'
The airline also confirmed that the infested bag had been destroyed.
And the remaining bags had been flown back to Brusels to be sanitised, before being returned to passengers in Stockholm.
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