Sri Lanka, Feb. 15 -- A Delta Airlines flight from Europe to the United States was forced to turn around after maggots began raining on to plane passengers from an overhead compartment. According to SkyNews, the incident took place on Tuesday aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.

The plane was already mid-air when passengers sitting in the economy seats complained about the insects raining down on them from the overhead bin. It later emerged that the maggots had infested rotting fish that a passenger had stored in their carry-on luggage, which was kept in the overhead compartment.

This incident forced the plane to turn around an hour after take-off, the outlet reported. Once it landed, all passengers were instructed to de-board the...