Posted on 05/30/2014 7:15:03 PM PDT by windcliff
KANSAS CITY, Miss., May 30 (UPI) --A US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City after a service dog started pooping in the aisle and the flight crew was unable to contain the mess.
The passengers aboard US Airways Flight 598 could only sit back and watch while a big dog defecated in the aisle not once, but twice.
After the dog went to the bathroom for the first time about an hour into the flight, the crew did their best to deal with the mess but they were unable to contain the smell.
"An hour later, it still smelled bad, and after they cleaned it all up, it pooped again," Passenger Steve McCall told INSIDE EDITION. "A couple of people started dry-heaving, a couple of people were throwing up."
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Cleaning and disinfecting the carpet on US Airways Flight 598?
Amount: Hundreds to thousands of dollars.
The comment of the passenger at 4 seconds into the video? “About an hour into the flight, uh, I started smelling something terrible. And, and thought it was the family in front of me. And I, and I have a little eight month old son, but I was like, ‘Wow, that is the worst smelling blowout I’ve ever smelled!’”
Amount: Priceless!
No kidding. They deal with puke and baby poop and dumped over food and God knows what else.
The irony of this story is that I want to take my pet dog on a flight. I am willing to pay for a seat and keep him in a carrier. Nope. But, a service dog is fine and I have no problem with that. But,a 23 month old child can fly for free, make a ruckus and do pretty much anything.
Time for airlines to offer pet travel. If they can fit in a seat, then they can fly. And, no under the seats are not 10 or even 8 inches tall. lol
My dogs are over a hundred lbs. When they have the runs (one did just the other day) they can stink up the entire house. It’s easy to say, oh, just deal or clean it up but it can be much harder if a big dog has really a good problem.
My guess is the dog got nervous and really made a huge mess everywhere, and that smell doesn’t go away. It was probably all mucous type goo. Lots of it. (With a dog, once is never enough) And you can’t open the windows in a plane.
Unless, of course, the dog was really sick. And when they are truly sick, that is when everything is the grossest.
Yes stink can get out but not poop in the aisles in a confined airplane or everyone to wlak through on the way to the rest rooms.
Your dog is amazing. My dog will eat any food which drops from the dining table. But she will not poop or pee in the house.
-PJ
I heard an interview with one of the passengers. It appears the service dog had projectile diarrhea. It was near or in 1st class, and it was immediately odored too t rear of the plane. The attendants cleaned u the first instance, but had used up all their cleaning supplies when the dog began defecating the 2nd time. That’s when all the passengers began dry heaving and the pilots called for an emergency landing.
I am reminded of a 1995 ethanol-fueled incident on board United Flight 976 from Buenos Aires to New York involving the late Gerard Buckley Finneran, managing director of the Trust Company of the West and an expert in third-world finance.
For full details, you can read the account of Special Agent Stephen A. Cocco on the smoking gun. Or review David Letterman's take:
Top Ten "Gerard Finneran Excuses"
As presented on the 10/27/95 broadcast of LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN
10. Misread brochure about advantages of first class
9. Confused when steward asked for headset deposit
8. Went nuts after learning they were out of chicken almondine
7. Though he heard somebody yell, "We're going to crash!" and that
was just something he always wanted to do before he died
6. Hoping to impress aloof blonde English woman in 2-D
5. Had already used airphone to call everyone he knew
4. You try drinking for 14 hours and see if you can tell the
difference between a food cart and a bathroom
3. All part of an elaborate plan to intimidate the real killers
2. His ass wouldn't fit in the overhead compartment
1. "Oh, like you've never done it"
Or read the Urban Dictionary's definition of the verb to Finneran.
ADA rules forbid anyone challenging the serviceability of a so-called service animal. Sure, they serve a useful, important service for people who need them. But many others have learned that simply declaring their pet a service animal lets them do whatever they please. I’m still waiting for someone to show up with a service horse - it’s covered by the rules.
I’ll never be over Macho Grande.
Nifty hint for crushing odor and stains:
Combine 1/2 cup baking soda with a cup of common hydrogen peroxide and 3 cups of hot water.
Fizzes everything bad away.
Thanks! I was waiting for it.
Haribo sugar free gummies?
I got here as soon as I could!
[it was snake feeding night]
:)
LOL
Why is the flight crew dealing with it, stick the owners Nose in it!
Service dog doesn't mean everyone around has to clean up the crap.
Yes. We have a lab, and when she has had a blow-out in the house, it makes you sick. The smell is terrible. Our little dog has these cute little poops she can hide, but the big dog has me retching. I can smell it the second I walk in the house, even if she tried to hide her accident upstairs (thankfully rare when she was sick). I believe this story!
They’ll never get over Macho Grande!
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