A United Airlines flight was delayed for more than five hours at Denver International Airport after three ticks were found on board Tuesday.
The ticks on United 1178 to Des Moines were brought to the attention of a flight attendant shortly before the plane was to leave at 12:21 p.m., said United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski.
“We immediately cleaned the cabin, replaced the seat cushions and as a precautionary measure decided to use another aircraft to fly from Denver to Des Moines,” Urbanski said.
But when passengers were loaded into the second plane, it, too, was delayed due to bad weather. The flight finally took off at 5:51 p.m.
“We regret any inconvenience to our customers … this was an unusual incident,” Urbanski said.
Tom McGhee: (303)954-1671 or tmcghee@denverpost.com
