Flight forced to turn around after passenger developed diarrhoea all the way

In the US, however, a Delta flight was forced to turn around after one passenger on board suffered diarrhoea “all the way through the plane.”

The flight from Atlanta to Barcelona was two hours into its journey on Friday evening when the pilot asked if he could turn back. 

In video clips posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), one of the pilots is heard confirming the incident to air traffic control, saying: “It’s just a biohazard issue, we had a passenger who had diarrhea all the way through the airplane so they want us to come back to Atlanta.”

Flight 194 had to decisively make a U-turn back to its departure destination as it was considered a “biohazard” by the crew to continue to journey.

A video of the badly soiled plane has also been released, revealing an uninhabitable condition for anyone, passenger or crew. 

“My partner was on that flight!” a user commented on X. “It was pretty bad. It was dribbled down the aisle, smelled horrible. The vanilla-scented disinfectant used on it only made it smell like vanilla s--t. After the plane landed, it was thoroughly cleaned.”

Delta Air Lines, without going into specifics, responded to the situation and said: “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."

It is not known if the passenger with the medical issue returned to the flight to Spain after the detour.

Last week, 11 passengers and crew were also hospitalised after severe turbulence on a Delta flight from Milan to Atlanta, the airline said.