A man in the next row over then reportedly responded, “If you don’t like it you can fly private,” prompting the gassy flyer to say, “That’s so fucking rude.”
“I think we’d all agree you’re the rude one here,’” someone else said.
The interaction still didn’t end there. The flatulent passenger responded, “That’s just so low class”—and in response, another flyer fired back, “Well you’re back here in economy with the rest of us.”
At that point, even though the plane had left the gate and was preparing for takeoff, the pilot decided to stop the plane and turn around.
“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 Reddit user wrote.
“He gets up, grabs his bag, and quietly exits the plane. We all breathed a sigh of relief when he was removed, I think most people 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.”
Complex has reached out to a rep from American Airlines for comment.