Pilot has passengers ejected for not wanting to sit in vomit

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Because they didn’t want to sit in vomit for hours: the pilot had passengers thrown out of the plane

They were disgusted by their seats – and were therefore thrown out of the plane by security guards. Air Canada is now apologizing to two passengers.

Most passengers should understand that aircraft cannot be thoroughly cleaned after every flight. After all, they too want to arrive as punctually as possible. On a flight of Air Canada had probably neglected the cleaning a bit too much. Now the airline had to apologize to two passengers for the resulting escalation.

Passengers on a flight from Las Vegas to Montreal complained of vomit on their seats before departure. “There was a slightly disgusting smell in the air, we didn’t know why at first. Apparently a previous passenger had vomited on the last flight,” a fellow passenger named Susan Benson described the situation for the first time in a Facebook post last week. In the end, two women were escorted off the plane by security personnel.

Disgusting travel conditions

“They placed coffee powder in the seat pocket and sprayed perfume to disguise the smell,” Benson said of the crew’s efforts to cover up the aftermath of the incident. However, the disgusted passengers then informed the flight attendant that the seat belts were still wet and the remains of vomit could still be seen. The angry passengers initially demanded to be given other seats. The flight attendants would have shown understanding, but ultimately could not help. “They were told the flight was full and there were no other seats.” The team leader who was called in could only confirm that.

When the passengers finally tried to cover the seats with blankets, the pilot suddenly appeared. “He knelt down next to them and very calmly told them they now had two options.” But the two women may have liked it even less: “They could leave the plane and book an alternative at their own expense. Or they would be removed from the plane by security forces and put on a no-fly list,” Benson recalls. The reason given by the captain was the disrespectful behavior of the passengers. “But they weren’t! Just upset and determined,” she recalls. In fact, security forces then appeared to bring the two women off board. “I’m ashamed of being Canadian and of Air Canada,” she summarizes her frustration. “The airline really expects you to sit in vomit for hours or be taken away by security guards.”

The airline confirmed the incident. Air Canada said it had contacted the affected passengers and apologized to several media outlets. The “serious incident” is now being investigated. However, it is already certain that the crew’s protocols for action were not adhered to, according to the airline. “They were clearly not treated to the standard they deserved.”

Sources:Facebook post, CNN, Washington Post, AP