Transavia Airlines plane forced to make emergency landing due to stinky passenger
By Mike Moffitt, SFGATE
Updated 1:09 pm, Thursday, May 31, 2018
Photo: AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images
Passengers aboard a Dutch Transavia Boeing 737 like this one were sickened Tuesday by a passenger with extremely foul-smelling body odor, according to Belgian broadcaster VRT. The plane made an emergency landing
What was the worst flight you ever took? Assigned to a seat the 5-year-old behind you won't stop kicking? Stuck for seven hours on the tarmac while waiting for the airline to find a part for a "minor repair"?
For passengers of budget Dutch flier Transavia Airlines, it may have been Tuesday's flight from Gran Canaria to Amsterdam.
In the last row of the Boeing 737 sat a man who stank so bad, passengers in the entire compartment were gagging, according to Belgian broadcaster VRT. Several became violently ill and vomited in their seats.
"The smell made me think that the man hadn't washed for weeks," passenger Piet Van Haut told VRT.
Eventually, the fetid air became so unbearable, flight attendants quarantined the man in a lavatory. But even that didn't ease the overpowering stench. As a last resort, the captain decided to make an emergency landing in Faro, Portugal.
