A plane has been forced to turn around after a passenger suffered a brutal bought of diarrhea that dribbled all the way down the aisle, and caused absolute pandemonium in the skies.
The Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had been in the air for two hours into its eight and a half hour journey when the unmistakable stench of poop radiated through the cabin.
A Delta Airlines Airbus A350 turned around back to Atlanta Friday night because of diarrhea throughout the airplane from a passenger and it’s a biohazard. 👀🥴
The FAA flight strip for DL194 was posted to Reddit (📷xStang05x) Also a passenger posted here asking why her son’s… pic.twitter.com/VWbkB47wF1
— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) September 3, 2023
It turns out a passenger had an upset tummy and didn’t quite make it to the bathroom in time before their diarrhea exploded everywhere, spilling into the aisle where other passengers began retching and reaching for their oxygen masks (well, maybe not the last part but it would have been funny).
The smell was so bad that the Airbus A350 aircraft was forced to turn back, with the pilot explaining to Air Traffic Control that they had to make an emergency landing back in Atlanta:
This is a biohazard issue. We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the airplane, so they want us to come back to Atlanta.
Luckily for the passenger, they’ve thus far managed to remain anonymous. Someone on Twitter did claim that their partner had been on the flight and shared that the cabin crew had used scented disinfectant:
My partner was on that flight! It was pretty bad. It was dribbled down the aisle, and smelled horrible
The vanilla-scented disinfectant used on it only made it smell like vanilla s***.
After the plane landed, it was thoroughly cleaned. They didn’t leave until around 2:30 am.
A Delta spokesperson told Fox News:
Delta flight 194 from Atlanta to Barcelona returned to Atlanta following an onboard medical issue.
Our teams worked as quickly and safely as possible to thoroughly clean the airplane and get our customers to their final destination. We sincerely apologize to our customers for the delay and inconvenience to their travel plans.
What a nightmare. Can you imagine if they had turbulence at the same time this passenger was pooping? The diarrhea would have been all over the seats, the walls, the in-flight meals, everywhere. I can’t even imagine how bad the stench must have been in that plane to actually prompt an emergency landing 2 hours into the flight. How mortifying for the passenger who’s already suffered the indignity of pooping their pants 30,000 feet in the sky, to also have everyone vexed at them for ruining the flight. Today, he or she is probably sh*tting themselves (pun not intended but intended) about whether their face and name will end up on the internet.
Can air travel get any more bonkers these days?
