SMELL YOU LATER: Gassy passenger grounds American Airlines flight

An American Airlines plane was reportedly forced to return to the gate due to high winds — in the form of a passenger’s farts.

“Before most people had boarded, I observed that this man was audibly disgruntled about something, maybe hungover, rough day I don’t know, but as soon as he sat down he was grumbling about something under his breath, like ‘f***ing hell’ or something,” user lamgalatx wrote.

After the majority of passengers were boarded and in their seats, the man reportedly said, “You thought that was rude? Well, how about this smell” — and proceeded to let it rip.

Lamgalatx didn’t know what prompted the response, but found it “funny to overhear” — until the passenger continued to pass wind.

“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,’” the Redditor recounted.

“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.’

Flight attendants got the situation under control, but when the plane was taxiing towards the runway, it suddenly came to a stop.

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“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.”

Rather than make a big stink, the man grabbed his bag and quietly disembarked.

One Reddit user commented: “Maybe another flight was low on gas?”

Another, who claimed to be on the aircraft at the time, confirmed it was a “stinky flight” where “there were a lot of smells competing.

“It was surprising that he left peacefully, but it was quite the walk of shame. I could hear him mumble ‘I just don’t understand.’”