Bedbugs Infest Qantas Boeing 787, Forcing Flight Cancellation

On Saturday, Qantas had to cancel a scheduled flight from Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) to Perth Airport (PER) and onwards to Melbourne (MEL). While cancelations are a rare but unavoidable part of modern commercial aviation and can arise for various reasons, the circumstances surrounding this particular shelving were more unusual than most. Specifically, this was caused by a bedbug outbreak.