Flight makes emergency landing after passengers fight over fart
A flight had to be diverted and forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke between passengers mid-air after one of the passengers could not stop farting.
The low-cost Dutch airliner was flying from Dubai to Amsterdam and the pilot had to land in Vienna after the fight.
The pilot of the Transavia Airlines flight decided to make the unscheduled stop in Austria after things got a little out of hand during the journey.
The Daily Mail, quoting Dutch news outlet De Telegraaf, reported that two Dutchmen objected when a flatulent co-passenger seated next to them kept breaking wind loudly.
The two men pleaded with him to stop and complained to the flight crew as well.
However, the passenger continued to fart despite several requests from passengers and the crew.
MEDICAL CONDITION
It is still unclear whether he was suffering from some sort of a medical condition.
A brawl subsequently broke out between the offending passenger and the two Dutchmen, which is when things started to get out of control.
That’s when the pilot made the decision to land the plane in Vienna, reporting that “passengers were on the rampage”.
Austrian police later boarded the plane with police dogs and escorted four suspects off the flight.
However, no arrests were made since none of the detained passengers had broken any Austrian laws.
According to the Mirror, a police spokesperson confirmed that the incident had occurred due to “a passenger suffering from wind who was not attempting to restrain himself”.
Strangely enough, this is not the first time an incident of this nature has taken place in an airplane.
In July 2017, an American Arlines flight had to be evacuated at a North Carolina airport after a man reportedly broke wind so violently, it caused nausea and headaches among his fellow passengers.