Delta Airlines flight that departed in Atlanta is forced to make an emergency landing due to severe diarrhea presented by a passenger

A Delta Airlines flight covering the route between Atlanta, Georgia, and Barcelona, ​​Spain, had to turn around and make an emergency landing last Friday, after one of the passengers suffered severe diarrhea that spread throughout the plane.

The incident, which the pilot described as a “biohazard problem”, forced the airline to disinfect the aircraft and delayed the trip by eight hours.

As reported by Delta, an Airbus A350-900 had been on a two-hour transatlantic flight from Georgia to Spain when the pilot requested permission from air traffic control to return to Atlanta due to the emergency.

“We had a passenger who had diarrhea the entire plane, so they want us to go back to Atlanta,” the pilot said in a recording shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The identity of the affected passenger remains a mystery, as well as his state of health and whether he was on board the plane when it finally arrived in Barcelona.

The rest of the passengers and crew were transferred to another plane and flight DL194 was able to take off again and land at Barcelona-El Prat Airport at 5:10 pm the next day, eight hours later than planned, according to Flightradar24.

Cleaning crews were able to clean the plane once it landed in Atlanta, as flight logs show it was used for another flight.

Delta officials confirmed that there was a “medical problem” on the plane and that it had to be redirected to Atlanta to be cleaned. However, the company did not provide further details on the medical reason or on the measures taken to prevent a repeat of the incident.

“Our crews worked as quickly and safely as possible to thoroughly clean the aircraft and get our customers to their final destination,” a Delta spokesperson said. “We sincerely apologize to our customers for the delay and inconvenience in their travel plans.”

With information from the New York Post