Cicada Invasion: Biden Brushes Off Bug Attack After Brood X Clogs Press Plane’s Engine

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Cicada Invasion: Biden Brushes Off Bug Attack After Brood X Clogs Press Plane’s Engine

Brood X is a group of periodical cicadas that spend nearly their entire lives underground. However, depending on the type of cicada, they eventually mature either during their thirteenth or seventeenth year and emerge from the ground for mating season. While some Americans have rejoiced in the insect’s arrival, not all can say the same.

US President Joe Biden recently had a one-on-one confrontation with a pesky cicada that appeared to ram straight into the commander-in-chief’s neck as he prepared to depart on his first foreign trip.

The Wednesday incident took place when Biden was standing outside at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, as he was chatting with a US Air Force official alongside first lady Jill Biden. Video of the all-too-common event shows the American president suddenly swiping at the offending cicada when it came in close contact with his neck.

While Biden was able to literally brush off the buggy strike, the same could not truly be said for a group of White House reporters who were attempting to arrive in the UK in order to cover Biden’s first trip abroad as president.

The somewhat-stranded journalists were quick to offer their own take on the events on social media, with one noting that the hours-long delay had been “17 years in the making” on account of Brood X’s life cycle.

Officials relayed that the massive flight delay was effectively caused by cicadas clogging the charter plane’s engine. 

Biden’s first presidential trip abroad will see him participate in a Group of Seven meeting in the United Kingdom, as well as appearances in Belgium for a NATO summit and Switzerland for a conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Cicada Invasion: Biden Brushes Off Bug Attack After Brood X Clogs Press Plane’s Engine

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