A Delta flight was prompted to make an emergency landing after a passenger reportedly faced a terrible case of diarrhea. According to a post made on X, formerly known as Twitter, the Airbus A330 had taken off from Boston, Massachusetts, and was headed to Rome, Italy, on Friday, August 30, 2024, when it had to make the impromptu landing in New York City, only an hour into the flight.
After landing at JFK airport, the plane's 281 passengers were transferred to a different plane.
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A Delta spokesperson stated that the emergency landing was caused by a "customer medical issue en route," but didn't provide any further details. However, the Only In Boston X account posted, "A transatlantic Flight DL112 was headed from Boston to Rome on Saturday night, but two hours after departing, the Airbus A330 diverted back to New York City following 'an onboard medical issue' involving a passenger who had severe bouts of diarrhea all over their seat."
"Kinda feel sorry for the guy," one user commented under the post.
"Well that’s embarrassing," someone else said, while other joked about the matter.
This also isn't the first time something like this has happened on a Delta flight. Another incident in September 2023 involved a flight from Atlanta to Barcelona that was forced to make a U-turn and do an emergency landing after a passenger pooped themself mid-flight.
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Representatives for Delta have since addressed the most recent incident. "Delta apologizes to our customers for the delay in their travels from Boston to Rome on Friday night," they said. "We thank them for their patience as the aircraft diverted to New York-JFK before continuing to Rome early Saturday morning." The original plane was back up and running about 20 hours after the emergency landing.
