Customers on a recent American Airlines flight to Austin, Texas, were shocked when a “hungover” passenger was making strange noises while passengers were boarding the plane
An American Airlines flight was forced to turn around after “excessive farting” by a disgruntled passenger.
Customers on a recent flight were shocked when a “hungover” passenger was making strange noises while passengers were boarding the plane. According to one eyewitness, a man was seen swearing under his breath and looked “disgruntled.” Their concern was over whether he had been on a big night out before the flight or was suffering from some kind of bowel issue.
“Before most people had boarded, I observed that this man was audibly disgruntled about something, maybe hungover, rough day idk, but as soon as he sat down he was grumbling about something under his breath, like ‘f—ing hell’ or something,” user lamgalatx wrote on a viral Reddit post.
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Once the majority of passengers boarded the flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Austin, Texas, the man reportedly shouted: “You thought that was rude? Well how about this smell” – and farted extremely loudly. “(I don’t know) what provoked that comment, and while kinda funny to overhear, it was uncalled for especially coming from a grown man on an airplane nonetheless,” the user wrote. “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 fartman says ‘That’s so f—ing rude,’ and another person nearby chimes in ‘I think we’d all agree you’re the rude one here,’” the witness added.
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During this bizarre interaction, flight attendants went over and told the man “that’s enough” as the plane was taxiing to the runway but was forced to come to an abrupt stop, according to the passenger. “An announcement comes over saying ‘Apologies for the interruption but we are returning to the gate, we will give you more info when we have it,’” the user wrote. “We get back to the gate and a flight attendant comes back and informs fartman that he will not be staying on this flight. He simply replies, ‘I don’t understand’ and she tells him they’ll talk about it off the plane.”
The man was ordered off the plane once he grabbed his belongings. The airline was praised for its actions and thankfully passengers were on their way after a 25-minute delay.
“We all breathed a sigh of relief when he was removed, I think most ppl 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,” he added. The comical story led to many Reddit users with their gas-related jokes as one person wrote: “Maybe another flight was low on gas?” and another added: “He missed an opportunity to fart on the way out and yell, ‘SMELL YOU LATER!’”
American Airlines has been contacted for comment.