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Delta flight turns around after passenger has severe case of diarrhea: ‘This is a biohazard issue'
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida, on the newest of 2 developments
“We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the airplane,” a Delta pilot can be heard telling air-traffic control in a recording posted on social media.
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Delta flight diverts after passenger reportedly has diarrhea ‘through the airplane’
Headline from FOX 8 Cleveland ·
Newest
Delta flight turns around after passenger has severe case of diarrhea: ‘This is a biohazard issue'
A Delta Air Lines flight was less than an hour into an eight-hour trip to Spain when it had to turn around after a passenger reportedly had diarrhea throughout the cabin.
A Delta pilot allegedly had to make an emergency landing back to the origin city when a passenger's loose bowels resulted in diarrhea all the way through the plane. A supposed snippet of the pilot's call was shared on social media.
A Delta pilot allegedly had to make an emergency landing back to the origin city when a passenger's loose bowels spread throughout the plane. A supposed snippet of the pilot's call was shared on social media.
A Delta flight bound for Barcelona, Spain was directed back to Atlanta two hours into the flight after an "onboard medical issue" which reportedly turned out to be diarrhea.'
A flight was switched to poo after it was forced to turn around to make a landing because one passenger “had diarrhea all the way through the airplane.”
“We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the airplane,” a Delta pilot can be heard telling air-traffic control in a recording posted on social media.
