Unfortunately, this nightmarish scenario became a reality for several passengers when a flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had to turn around and make an emergency landing due to this fecal nightmare.
From The New York Post:
The Airbus A350 aircraft was two hours into a trans-Atlantic flight from Georgia to Spain on Friday when the pilot asked to come back because of the fecal fiasco.
“This is a biohazard issue,” the pilot said to air traffic control, recorded from LiveATC.com and shared on X.
“We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the airplane, so they want us to come back to Atlanta.”
The identity of the passenger remains a mystery, but the passengers and crew were transferred and Flight DL194 finally made it to Barcelona at 5:10 p.m. the next day — eight hours later than scheduled, according to Flightradar24.
It is not known if the passenger who had the digestive problem was aboard the plane when it touched down in Spain.
An alleged Federal Aviation Authority flight strip was posted on Reddit, which appeared to confirm the situation involved “biohazard” all over the plane.
Cleaning crews were able to scrub down the aircraft once it landed in Atlanta since flight records show it was used for another flight.
Delta officials confirmed there was a “medical issue” on the plane and it had to be redirected to Atlanta to be cleaned, according to Insider.
The company did not elaborate on the medical reason.
What a horrible situation for everyone involved.
You can't help but feel sorry for the person who had the diarrhea, as I'm sure they were mortified by the damage they caused. Then there are the other passengers who had their flight delayed by an extra eight hours. And finally, spare a thought for the cleaning crew, who probably had the worst experience having to clean up that mess.
