Poopy Plane: Worst Flight Ride Ever?

Okay, so being stranded on a grounded Jet Blue flight for hours and hours on end with the airport in sight is no good. But we think the passengers of a Continental flight from Amsterdam to Newark win the "Woe in my plane ride." Because they had to endure a flight with backed-up toilets that caused sewage to seep down aisles.

Last week, passengers flying back to Newark had to stop in Shannon, Ireland because the plane's toilets weren't working. The stopover became an overnight stay, and then the passengers boarded the same plane, only for the sewage to overflow after takeoff. And then the sewage actually ran down the aisles.

One passenger, Colin Brock, took photographs as evidence of the horrible flight and said, "I've never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like i had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours." He added that flight attendants told passengers not to eat or drink much, "To be told that we were supposed to monitor what comes out the other end of us was insulting. Shame on continental. It was the worst flight experience I have ever had."

Metblogger Dana Bushman described her journey on the smelly plane (she cashed in 200,000 Continental frequent flier miles for a trip for herself and her boyfriend) and added this amazing punchline: "Eight hours later, 32 hours into the whole ordeal, we are in Newark, ready for the fun of customs and immigration, and on our way out of the gate Continental issues the final slap in the face--a voucher for one free drink the next time we fly with them!"

Photograph by Colin Brock; apparently powder and paper towels were towels were used to sop waste

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By Jen Chung in News on June 21, 2007 3:52 PM

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zodak

i can't believe only 1 person here realizes what should be done: #37!
u can't blame the airline because of some moron on the flight.

guest

why are people getting so upset at continental? they should have the guy who tried flushing latex gloves down the toilet to give them some compenstation.

guest

I once had to endure something similar on a Pakistan International flight from Karachi to London. Guess what everyone had been eating in Karachi and guess which aeroplane system couldn't cope that flight!!!

guest

"Shitty Flights", Don't ya just hate em !!! Posted by; "Still Not Amused"

guest

$500 voucher? tell me where can you go on that low a fare? You go on-line now and book a flight, no way are any round trips for that price on a real destination. One way maybe.

book right now, not a month, the real fare not a heavily restricted fare. The fare your travel person of your company would pay for a regular business class fare, no company discounts, book it.

Nick S

i just love how she thinks she got treated differently because of her and her boyfriend's nose rings.

on that alone they should get nothing.

guest

Continental should offer free round trip flights flights to any destination to all on board with no expriation limit. Its the right thing to do. Just because first world people live privileged honkey lives for the most part, doesn't mean that they should just take that shit. Its unjust for the airline to ask the paying customers to just understand that it couldn't be helped. And a $500 voucher is not much better than a drink ticket in this situation.

Contemporary Capitalism is an escalator to hell, and baby, we are on it! Shit-Schmit; I'm not whinning, I'm just sayin' what I think this is also related to.

Gwinny

wow. just wow. I can't believe you folks think she should "suck it up." it sounds to me like she and her fellow passengers were treated badly from start to finish. I would love to know how you self-important folks would've reacted in her situation. Jesus Christ.

guest

YO this shit is FUCKED UP SON! WOrd

guest

I thought you guys were being insensitive, until I read the girl's blog entry, and wow is she whiny. I hardly think it's the airline's fault that there isn't enough hotel rooms available in Smallville, Ireland, and that she didn't have AC in her hotel room. The flight itself was something to complain about, but she should honestly learn to write better if she wants any sympathy.

guest

The seepage most be worse than that liquid that leaks out of a sanitation truck.

another question, How many bathrooms are there on this plane? Only one bathroom for coach and one for first class? and the one for first class is also not operating correctly?

Does not sound good being on a plane for 8 hours with no working facilities.

guest

They should change their name to....(wait for it)

Incontinental!

Thanks, I'll be here all week.

This made me laugh...call me corny.

But still, I thought the whole incident was terrible. I mean, 30,000+ feet up in the air and broken bathrooms. Being in a small space with leaky...my concern would be for people who could have health problems because of this. The smell of it is one thing, but to let it spread like that is disturbing, and the plane should be immediately grounded. If anything, I think they tried to empty as much sewage as possible, and believe that would solve the problem. Lazy...(-___-)

Oooh, and if the seepage went into the storing area for luggages? That wouldn't have been good...

guest

Shit happens!

guest

On the news last night, they were saying that each passenger was given a $500 voucher.

Nick S

shhh #23, people dont like to listen to reason here.

kfs

That voucher is $500.

guest

I can't believe there's no emergency plan for a flooded toilet in an airline's procedural manual.

I think the shit hit the fan when the sewage starting going down the aisle, by then it's too late. Get the ventilation system working on full power and break out all the complimentary liquid soaps.

Better yet, just make the passengers on board as comfortable as possible. Is that so hard?

Maybe someone should threaten to open the doors, maybe that will get things done.

t_bone

First world problems...

perryair

The thing to do most likely involves treating the customers onboard to more than a free drink ticket.

kfs

What is the Airline to do while in mid-flight over the Atlantic Ocean when something like that happens due to a customer flushing latex gloves down the toilet?

Perhaps Continental should just have people stand in the bathroom and make sure no one flushing anything that's NOT supposed to be flushed. Or better yet, someone should just open the exit door and jump when this happens again.