Passenger's multiple bouts of 'diarrhoea' force Delta flight to make emergency landing

In a strange incident, a transatlantic Delta flight had to make an emergency landing in New York City with 281 passengers aboard after one of its passengers suffered multiple bouts of diarrhoea inflight, as per a viral post shared on X.

The data fromFlightradar24 confirmed that the Airbus A330 was flying from Boston, Massachusetts, to Rome, Italy, on Friday (August 30) but it turned over while flying over the Atlantic Ocean about an hour after the take-off.

Then, the aircraft reportedly made an emergency landing at JFK, after which the airport officials shifted the passengers into another plane,according to Business Insider.

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A Delta spokesperson said that the diversion happened because of a “customer medical issue en route" but did not specify the nature of the issue.

However, an account on X @OnlyInBoston said that the incident happened because of a “passenger who had severe bouts of diarrhoea all over their seat.”

Here's how Delta Airlines reacted to reports

Since then, Delta Airlines' representatives have called the aeroplane an “accident” and stated, “Delta apologises to our customers for the delay in their travels from Boston to Rome on Friday night. We thank them for their patience as the aircraft diverted to New York-JFK before continuing to Rome early Saturday morning.”

The aeroplane, which had made an emergency landing, resumed service nearly 20 hours after the odiferous ordeal.

This is not the first time diarrhoea has led to the diversion of the Delta flight.

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An infamous “brownout" incident happened in September, when a Delta flight from Atlanta to Barcelonahad to make a U-turn and make an emergency landing after it was soiled by a flyer midflight.

“This is a biohazard issue,” said the pilot to air traffic control. “We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the aeroplane, so they want us to come back to Atlanta," he added.

In the video taken after the incident, a brown trail was seen running down the aeroplane aisle along with paper towels over the heavily soiled areas.

(With inputs from agencies)