A United Airlines flight certain for Seattle needed to divert to Dallas on Friday due to a literal s–tstorm.
A Redditor blamed dog poop for the diversion of his flight from Houston, attaching a stinky photo to his messy missive on the social media platform. United Airlines later confirmed the incident to Business Insider.
“Dog had messy accident within the aisle right in top quality. Plane diverted to DFW. Ground crew spent over 2 hours cleansing carpets with paper towels,” the Redditor recalled in a Sunday post.
“Smell made me ailing. Gate agents kept yelling at passengers and the cabin crew. The smell never quite went away. Firstclass toilet declared unusable because the dog mess was apparently unresolved in there. Food went bad while on the bottom so only a few snacks left,” the post continued.
One commenter on the post claims to have spotted a lady and a service dog exiting the flight.
The Post reached out to United reps for comment.
The airline allows dogs aboard domestic flights so long as they will slot in a carrier under the seat, where they are supposed to remain in any respect times, the United website explains.
Reddit commenters, meanwhile, made it their duty to share similar foul experiences.
“I used to be on a flight once where there was a service dog. (Chicago to Allentown.) Flight was turbulent. The moment that flight landed and got to the gate, and that exit door opened, that dog beat everyone off the plane and s–t all around the jetway,” one person penned.
“We were delayed by quarter-hour getting off the plane as that they had to wash it up,” the poster continued. “Kudos to the dog for holding it together.”
“I really like my dogs and usually prefer dogs to people. That said, I’m a firm believer that the one time a dog must be on a plane is when the owner is moving, and driving is just not an option,” one other declared.
“And this is the reason dogs don’t belong out within the open in public areas. You desire to fly along with your dog, put it within the carrier and keep it within the carrier from the minute you get to the airport until you get to your destination,” a 3rd argued.
This isn’t the one time an animal pooping aboard a plane has caused problems.
A dog who got out of its crate on a United Airlines flight in February pooped on the plane, and folks on board were sickened by the smell.
Flight attendants wearing “hazmat-type suits” eventually cleaned the mess.