ATLANTA -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would like to hear from you if you were aboard a flight where a bat flew through the cabin several times.
The health agency is concerned about passengers being exposed to rabies -- although the CDC said the risk is very low.
A passenger aboard Delta Connection Flight 5121 operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines shot video of the bat as the plane left Madison, Wis., on its way to Atlanta.
The plane had to be re-routed back to Madison because of the bat.
People at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport wonder how the bat got on the plane.
"I can't take fingernail clippers on a plane, but yet a bat can get on a plane," Brad Piper said.
How the bat got on the plane is unclear. The animal made several passes through the cabin before passengers managed to get it into the bathroom. When the plane landed, the bat got away.
Now the CDC wants the passengers to be checked for rabies.
"I agree, man. They need to be checked if they was on the flight," said traveler Martez Fuller of Jonesboro.
The problem is that the CDC can't locate all of the passengers; 14 have been found so far, but the CDC still needs to find 36 others.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines says it is working with Delta and the CDC to locate the passengers.
Meantime, passengers say it had to be scary with that bat on the plane.
"Oh my God. I'm scared of spiders, so I would be terrified," one traveler said.
Delta said travelers don't always give all their contact information when booking a flight and that's why it's been difficult locating everyone.
Call the CDC at 866-613-2683 if you were on Flight 512 on Aug. 5 that originated in Madison and was en route to Atlanta.
Source: http://www.wsbtv.com
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