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A United Airlines flight from Denver to Des Moines was delayed by ticks yesterday. Flight 1178 was delayed for nearly six hours on Tuesday after a passenger informed a flight attendant that she found a tick in economy class during a flight from Washington 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 Colorado Springs to Denver.
United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said between one and three ticks were discovered. Urbanski said the airline hasn't figured out how the ticks got on the plane or what type of ticks were found.
The replacement plane shuttled the 107 passengers to Des Moines. The plane with ticks had begun its day in Chicago. It was checked, cleaned and put back into service.
No ticks were found on passengers.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the flight attendants will now check you for ticks..."
