--- description: A passenger became sick Monday after being stung by a scorpion that made its way onto an AeroMexico flight to Chicago, officials said title: Scorpion Stings Passenger on Plane Headed to Chicago image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eadbcb52111a559/6988d0820a4a222e669ce7ee/gettyimages-3167270.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Airlines](/tag/airlines/) ## Airlines Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Scorpion Stings Passenger on Plane Headed to Chicago by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2017 8:16 PM CUT  circa 1960: A scorpion on a rock in the Grand Canyon. (Photo by Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images) circa 1960: A scorpion on a rock in the Grand Canyon. (Photo by Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images)Ernst Haas—Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 6, 2017 8:16 PM CUT A passenger became sick Monday after being stung by a scorpion that made its way onto a flight to [Chicago](http://time.com/4800635/uber-driver-killed-illinois-teenager/ "undefined"), officials said. The incident happened aboard AeroMexico Flight 682 from Mexico City to O’Hare International Airport, AeroMexico told [NBC Chicago.](http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Passenger-Stung-by-Scorpion-on-Flight-to-Chicago-426747721.html?cid=sm%5Fnpd%5Fnn%5Ftw%5Fma "undefined") The Chicago Fire Department responded to a call from the airport around 11 p.m., after a 32-year-old man was stung in the right elbow, officials confirmed to NBC. “There was a call for a medical personnel because there was an emergency on board,” Monica Amborn told NBC. “We didn’t really know what it was.” The man told authorities that he had been stung two hours earlier while the flight was still in the air, according to the report. He refused treatment and did not receive transport from the scene, fire officials said. Passengers were held on the plane while emergency responders arrived. “The passenger was seen by paramedics upon arrival,” AeroMexico said in its statement, and “showed no adverse reaction to the sting and left in stable condition.” In April, a [similar incident happened on a United Airlines flight,](http://time.com/4738585/united-airlines-scorpion-stings-passenger/ "undefined") when a passenger was stung by a scorpion that fell from an overhead bin. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808061/scorpion-sting-passenger-plane/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808061/scorpion-sting-passenger-plane/"},"headline":"Scorpion Stings Passenger on Plane Headed to Chicago","datePublished":"2017-06-06T20:16:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:17:36.557Z","description":"The flight departed from Mexico City","url":"https://time.com/4808061/scorpion-sting-passenger-plane/","keywords":["Airlines","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eadbcb52111a559/6988d0820a4a222e669ce7ee/gettyimages-3167270.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6eadbcb52111a559/6988d0820a4a222e669ce7ee/gettyimages-3167270.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scorpion","caption":"Scorpion","creditText":"Ernst Haas—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/airlines/","name":"Airlines"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4808061/scorpion-sting-passenger-plane/","name":"Scorpion Stings Passenger on Plane Headed to Chicago"}}]}] ```