Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
61/100
The Sydney Morning Herald's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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1
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An outbreak of bed bugs has forced the cancellation of a Qantas flight from Rome to Perth, delaying some passengers by as much as two days.
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outbreak → force → days
The drama began when passengers aboard QF5 travelling from Perth to Rome on October 9 complained of being bitten by bugs.
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passengers → begin → bugs
On medical advice, they were given antihistamines, but the plane reportedly ran out.
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plane → give → antihistamines
The return flight, QF6 from Rome to Perth on Saturday, was cancelled and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner booked for cleaning.
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Dreamliner → cancel → cleaning
Passengers were given accommodation and rebooked on alternative flights within 48 hours of their original departure, Qantas said.
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Qantas → give → departure
A spokesperson for the airline said: “We sincerely apologise to customers for the cancellation of Saturday’s Rome to Perth service, which allowed our engineers and maintenance teams to carry out a deep clean of the aircraft after an issue was identified on a small number of economy seats.”
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issue → say → seats
The Perth-Rome route is a popular non-stop flight that attracts passengers from the east coast who are willing to pay a premium for the direct connection between Australia and Italy.
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who → attract → Australia
Qantas extended the seasonal flight service from May 3 to October 23, adding 40 extra services and close to 10,000 seats in that time.
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Qantas → extend → time
The wingless parasites feed exclusively on blood, preferring human blood, and spread via clothing, furniture and belongings.
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parasites → feed → clothing
“Bed bugs are not believed to transmit diseases to humans,” according to the state government’s Better Health Victoria website.
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bugs → believe → website
“Their bite typically causes a large, reddened and itchy weal that fades to a red spot.”
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that → cause → spot
Bed bug bites are painless, Better Health says, and “some people do not react to the bites, but for others the bites can become itchy and swell into reddened weals [or welts].”
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bites → say → weals
Qantas said its aircraft cabins are cleaned regularly and to an extremely high standard.
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cabins → say → standard
A deep clean of a plane to rid it of bed bugs requires fumigation, taking the plane out of service.
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clean → rid → service
The airline said that as a matter of course, Qantas aircraft are disinfected every 50 days as a precaution.
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aircraft → say → precaution
In a 2017 example, bed bugs were found on a British Airways flight from Vancouver to London.
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bugs → find → London
In 2024 passengers on a Turkish Airways flight from Johannesburg to Istanbul reported an outbreak of the bugs.
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passengers → report → bugs
Better Health Victoria reports that “although bedbugs can harbour diseases in their bodies, transmission to humans is highly unlikely”.
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transmission → report → humans
They are not dangerous, unless a person is allergic to them, the health service said.
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service → say → them
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