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On Friday, an international Delta flight bound for sunny Barcelona was forced to U-turn back to its starting point, Atlanta, for an exceedingly rare air travel horror: a passenger had suffered diarrhea throughout the plane's aisle so extensively that completing the flight was deemed untenable.

News of the incident first hit Reddit's r/ATC subreddit, to which a user shared alarming FAA flight information marking the ill-fated flight's decision to turn around.

"DIVERT TO ATL — PASSENGER DIARRHEA ALL OVER A/C," the flight strip read. "BIOHAZARD."

We tracked one of the plane's unlucky passengers down — and they confirmed that the diarrhea was, in fact, "ALL OVER" the cabin aisles, just as that flight strip read.

"I woke up and there was a bit of a strange smell," the passenger, who chose to remain anonymous while speaking of his Diarrhea Plane experience, told Futurism, adding that the flight attendants were forced to perform some DIY ingenuity to deal with the excrement.

"They found everything they could use," said the passenger, explaining that the airline staff used aprons to craft "makeshift biohazard suits" to wear while dealing with the defecatory disaster. Blankets and napkins, meanwhile, were utilized to cover the feces.

You might be imagining that Delta obviously just got these travelers a new plane, right? After all, this one was covered in human feces. But alas, there seemingly weren't enough jets to go around, and according to the passenger, the airline ultimately settled the issue by simply ripping out the Airbus' soiled carpets and giving the passenger plane an extra-thorough clean before reboarding it.

"They actually took out all the carpets for one section of it," the passenger said. "We were waiting three hours at the airport while they were trying to clean it, but they couldn't clean it, so they had to rip off the carpet and change it."

"Then we were back on," they added. "No problem."

The passenger also noted that the plane's staff fully switched over for the second flight attempt, which we're glad to hear. Anyone who's forced to make a biohazard suit out of aprons and proceeds to manage an in-flight diarrhea crisis for the next several hours deserves some time off, not to mention a raise.

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[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 145 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

You know how when you are falling asleep but have an embarrassing memory jolt you awake? Or when you are driving and have a memory that makes you suddenly scream?

The shitter will never have internal peace. I can't imagine much more of an embarrassing situation. Poor guy

[–] Saneless@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My gf asked me what I'd do if I was the plane shitter

Without hesitation I simply replied "change my name and my face"

That's pretty much all you can do

[–] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Do you know how I got these scars?”

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel terrible for him too. Some people go their entire lives never knowing the kind of fear that develops with a bad case of diarrhea, and consequently don't understand how horrible it is to live with IBS.

I have no words for what he's going through, other than I hope he has family and friends that are more supportive than mine and more supportive than most commentors.

[–] MossBear@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I have Crohn's and have for years. People don't realize how fucking cruel they are in these situations. It's like belittling somebody with cognitive difficulties. I absolutely get it, poop is gross, and other people's especially, but this is the second story like this in two months that I've seen and it's always framed how terrible it is for the "normal" people who have this once in a lifetime bad experience rather than the person who deals with it and has to live with it every god-damned day.

And people should know that society is absolutely not made for people with various forms of IBD. It's damn near unlivable and made worse by the fact that you can become someone's joke or headline for a problem that society doesn't want to accommodate for and is totally fine kicking you when you're already at a low point. People lost their ever-loving minds when they had to stay in because of COVID. I've been living that life for over a decade, because I know that this is how people are.

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[–] BEZORP@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On the flip side, they are immune to any other "cringe attacks" that come up. Who knows it might be strangely liberating

[–] BruceCampbellschin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] muse@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Bodongs@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I hope they were on their way to the bathroom. If so I would have never left the bathroom for the remainder of the flight

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

In the full article, it said they kept the guy in the bathroom till a few minutes before landing. I'd absolutely refuse to leave the bathroom till it's been deplaned

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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 94 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"ill-fated diarrhea plane"

What a beautiful phrase. Shakespearean.

[–] DiatomeceousGirth@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maggie was on point with this article. "Defacatory disaster" is top tier journalism.

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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago

Chef’s kiss for the image, with its brown trail.

[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Snakes on a plane part doodoo?

[–] Art3sian@lemmy.world 70 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I need to understand how one explodes diarrhoea so violently that it extends the length of the aisle of an entire plane… while fully clothed.

Maybe it was a lady in a skirt.

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 28 points 1 year ago
  1. Get out of seat at back of plane.

  2. Turbulence knocks you on your ass and shite out of your ass.

  3. At this point the floodgates have opened and you need to just get to the toilet asap for damage control.

  4. Run down aisle with shite dripping out of your trouser leg.

  5. Read about the time you "exploded like a chocolate grenade in the middle of the plane" in the paper.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm picturing the guy running up and down the plane, just spraying shit everywhere like a South park episode.

"Hot hot hot hot hot hot!"

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[–] aidan@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably was waiting for the toilet and just couldn't hold it, then was running back and forth between bathrooms trying to get in one.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I was on a Ryanair flight a few years ago, and out of 3-4 toilets that should have been working, only one was. And a staff member had to hold the door shut on that. The queue was all the way down the plane for like 3 hours of the 4 hour journey.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] deconstruct@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ate airport sushi while going commando. Then boarding a 9 hour flight.

Some people live life in the moment.

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[–] wildtamaskan@yiffit.net 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least they didn't force passengers to disembark or sit on the soiled seats like Air Canada did

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this the end result of trying not to poop for three days?

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As someone with severe GI issues, this is exactly why I won’t travel. I can’t imagine the embarrassment that person is now living with. I’ve seen like six articles on this in my newsfeed today. I’d be utterly mortified.

I don’t even like commenting on this because I’m contributing to its visibility, but GI issues are completely debilitating and no joke. You can’t control it, and even adults don’t seem to understand. I’m just so sad for the person at the centre of this who will never live it down. :(

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[–] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

The brown exhaust coming out of the plane in the article was a nice touch.

[–] Iwasondigg@lemmy.one 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I. Don't. Huh? How? The passenger was wearing pants right? What??

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Any parents know. Twice I've seen kids shit so hard it came out the neck of their shirts.

[–] Murais@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago

When my little sister was a toddler, she was wearing one of those one piece zip up pajama suits.

Just her, me, and my dad home one day. Suddenly smell an awful, gut-churning smell in the house.

Go to pick up sister, sister goes squish in a place that should not squish. Noped out (I was 9 at the time) and told dad.

Dad notices the squish. Takes the toddler to the sink and unzips the pajama suit.

SHE FILLED IT.

UP TO THE TOP.

ZERO SURFACE AREA LEFT UNSOILED.

Several hours of gagging later, we survive.

Pajama suit is now a cursed object. Tossed it in the fire pit outside to avoid the smell being inside forever.

Forever burned into my brain.

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[–] meggied90@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe it was... copious amounts... and gravity utilized the pant leg openings...

Brb gonna puke from my own mental image

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Do you tie your pant legs closed?

[–] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

This is a fetish thing, isn't it?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Frankly I can't see why they didn't just alert ATC that there was a "health incident" and then tell ground crews on a closed channel what to expect. Would have potentially limited how broadly this news went out

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's going to leak from a passenger anyway (pun intended), so it doesn't really matter if they try to hide it.

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[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From r/ATC:

279 DAL194 H/A359/L 3157 496 PSK125017 E0153 360 KATL./. GVE224037.. FLASK.OZZZI1.KATL ODIVERT TO ATL- PASSENGER DIARRHEA ALL OVER A/ C- BIOHAZARD

https://imgpile.com/images/CSwWMj.jpg

https://old.reddit.com/r/ATC/comments/167s16f/oh_no/

[–] evatronic@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My favorite part of this story has consistently been imagining the poor person that has to figure out how to communicate this in so few words. Like, "How should I word this? Restroom mishap? No, it's not just the restroom. Passenger soiled in aisle? No, it's mo--" "BITCH JUST SAY DIARRHEA ALL OVER JESUS!"

[–] Ser_Salty@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

My nightmare is to get a case of the shits while in a tube 7 miles up in the air.

[–] mlong99@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the cleaned plane still had some lingering aroma. They have just booked flights on competitors for these passengers or offered them a hotel

[–] Nerrad@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I once vomited on a plane like I was Linda Blair. This news finally made me feel better. At least I didn't make the plane turn around.

[–] AssPennies@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We call it: "The Aristocrats"!

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[–] The_Eminent_Bon@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

So Diarrhoea Plane is a thing now?

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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