A routine flight at an airport in the Italian city of Milan turned into an extraordinary scene after dense swarms of mosquitoes forced the low-cost airline Ryanair to evacuate two planes and temporarily suspend their takeoff, in a rare incident that caused confusion at the airport and delayed two international flights by more than 3 hours.

The incident occurred as passengers were preparing to board the two flights to Italian Naples and Spanish Alicante, when the crew and passengers were surprised by the spread of large numbers of mosquitoes inside one of the planes, prompting precautionary evacuation procedures to ensure passenger safety.

Passenger Alice Pichetelli, who was preparing to travel to Alicante, recounted the details of the incident, describing it as an 'absurd scene' she had never witnessed before, confirming that the insects covered large parts of the cabin, while crew members tried to control the situation using electric fly swatters designed for pest control.

She added that the flight crew deliberately turned off the cabin lights in an attempt to drive the mosquitoes out, while the screens of passengers' phones remained the only source of light inside the plane during efforts to contain the situation.

After failing to eliminate the insects, Ryanair decided to transfer passengers to an alternative plane, delaying the departure by about 3 hours before the flight resumed normally.

The company has not yet issued an explanation regarding the causes of the mosquito spread inside the plane, but the incident sparked widespread astonishment among travelers, who described what happened as one of the strangest occurrences in civil aviation.