'Farting passenger on my flight made plane turn back before he was kicked off'

25 January 2024 , 12:25

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Cabin crew on a flight in the US had to remove a man after he was rude and stank out the cabin by passing wind (Image: Getty Images)

An overly gassy and "rude" passenger on a flight in the US allegedly smelled so bad that he caused a row in the cabin, causing the flight crew to step in and the plane to taxi back to the terminal, where he was booted off. The flatulent tale was told to social media users by a fellow passenger who said he was seated in the same row as the man, who seemed as though he was "maybe hungover or having a rough day".

Before most people had boarded the offending man sat down while grumbling something under his breath and was "audibly disgruntled". Several minutes passed and by then the majority of people were seated. The fellow passenger, who recounted the story on Reddit, said he overheard him say loudly: "You thought that was rude? Well how about this smell," whereby he farted. The social media user said he did not know what had provoked the comment.

The poster described how the incident got progressively worse from then on, saying: "While kinda funny to overhear, it was uncalled for, especially coming from a grown man on an airplane nonetheless." He went on to say that the people seated close to him on the American Airlines flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Austin, Texas, were women who were trying to mind their own business.

He added: "It’s early evening and several people are having snacks or eating food. The man who just purposefully farted moments ago decides to loudly and condescendingly say 'yeah, everybody let’s just eat the smelliest food possible all at the same time'. A guy in the row over replied, ‘If you don’t like it you can fly private' to which fart man says 'that’s so f***** rude', and another person nearby chimes in with 'I think we’d all agree you’re the rude one here'.

He said the gassy man then said something along the lines of "that’s just so low-class", to which the man talking to him answers "Well you’re back here in economy with the rest of us." It was at that point that the flight attendants stepped in to tell the man "that’s enough". The poster said that the plane was finally taxiing towards the runway but then halted.

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There was then an in-flight announcement that apologised for "the interruption" and the passengers were then informed that the plane was returning to the departure gate and that there would be further information soon. The witness then told other users that a flight attendant came to the man who was causing the problems and informed him he would have to leave the flight.

The poster said: "He simply replies, 'I don’t understand' and she tells him they’ll talk about it off the plane. He gets up, grabs his bag and quietly exits the plane. We all breathed a sigh of relief when he was removed, I think most people were on edge about what he may say or do next. The trip was only delayed by 15-30 minutes, so all in all I think American handled it swiftly."

Paul Donald