The ant marches out of continuing, due to United Airlines flights at Newark

A United Airlines flight arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport from Italy had to be taken out of service after ants from a carrying case appeared in part of the cabin.

A passenger on flights from Venice to Newark Monday described the scenario in a series of tweets and pictures. Charlotte Burns, a New York-based author and editor, claimed she was bitten by the ants after a passenger sat in front of her, opened her carrying case.

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"The guy in front pulls down his case (which btw is not the zipper, as the aisle guy notices me in one side) and ants ant The marshes are flushing, running in all directions, "she wrote. "This is totally hey-jeeby-goose bumpy."

A US spokesman said the plane was sidelined when it reached Newark so it could be cleaned and exterminated. He said the ants were isolated to a bag and did not originate from the plane itself.

"We are concerned about the experience our customer reported on United Flight 1[ads1]69 from Venice to Newark. We had been in touch with the crew below the plane, advising that the ants were isolated from a customer's purse in the ground and contained In a limited area of ​​the cabin, Robert Einhorn, a US spokesman, said in a statement to the North Jersey Media Group.

"The plane landed on Newark this afternoon and has been taken out of service for extinction. We followed the correct protocol by notifying customs, immigration, and farming of the problem

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] The Associated Press contributed to this report.