A woman on an Air Transat flight from Toronto to Calgary on Feb. 26 was startled when she was stung by a scorpion shortly before the plane landed. 'Piercing pain'"As soon as the lights turned off again, closer to when we're literally about to land, I felt the piercing pain on my lower back, like, oh, my God, something bit me." "The lights turned on, I looked into the ball of bundled sweater that I had but nothing was there. As soon as the lights turned off again … I felt the piercing pain on my lower back, like, oh, my God, something bit me. As for Maltais, she's a bit shaken but doesn't plan on letting the scare keep her from travelling.

Source: CBC News March 11, 2019 11:30 UTC