Sewage flows down aisles of trans-Atlantic flight

King5.com ^ | 19 June 2007 | Ray Lane

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

on a Continental Airlines flight had to hold their noses for hours as sewage overflowed from toilets while they were high over the Atlantic.

"To be blatantly honest, I was more nervous than I had ever been on a flight," said Collin Brock. The University Place man was on board Continental Airlines flight 1970 from Amsterdam to Newark, New Jersey last week when things went bad.

"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," said Brock.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Sorta gives the term "Eurotrash" a whole new meaning.

[yankeedame]

Another clod of dirt on the coffin of my once-upon-a-time love of air travel.

[b4its2late]

Michael Moore strolling down the aisle, huh?

[DManA]

Incontinent-al Airlines.

[Michael.SF.]

Naturally, it would have been above the responsibilities of the flight attendants to clean the mess up. Probably also against Union regulations.

[NonValueAdded]

I believe there is a bumper sticker that explains it all. /ForrestGump

[Psalm 73]

"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,"....

Hmmm, a remark like that - it's almost as if he had been riding NYC subways....

[LIConFem]

Man, that was really bad!!! LOL!!!

[spald]

He also says the flight attendants - who were serving meal service in a stinky, unappetizing cabin - told everyone to not eat or drink too much.

heh, heh

[WV Mountain Mama]

What a $hitty flight.

[martin_fierro]

YOU BEAT ME TO IT!

[yankeedame]

i had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours," said Brock.

Lordy, lordy, lordy! Some smart*&%& retorts just write themselves!

[Ditter]

$hit happens!

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

LOL!

[ElectricStrawberry]

Don’t ride the blue wave......

[DocCincy]

“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,”....

Must be what it feels like to sit in Congress.

[wastedyears]

Sounds like the plane’s toilet system hasn’t been updated since 1970.

[CholeraJoe]

Not really. I’ve sat in the Senate visitors’ gallery. It’s much worse.

[martin_fierro]

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[3AngelaD]

All they needed to make their flight complete was a drug-resistant TB patient for a fellow passenger.

[JoeSixPack1]

Don’t drink the blue water!!

[EveningStar]

TaЯd ping!

[nhoward14]

I think I’d rather have $#!7 on a plane than snakes on a plane.

[johnny7]

I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours,"....

If it was daily... it fits the description of my last job.

[AU72]

Reminds me of a story I heard on the radio told by professional wrestler Killer Kowalski about Haystacks Calhoun.

They were both on an airflight when Haystacks said he had to go Number 2. Killer explains about Haystacks, who was 650 lbs., that he only had to dump once a week but when the time came he had to go.

Now there was no way Haystacks was going to fit in plane's rest room, so the stewardness found some leather mail bags he could use. They curtained off the back of the plane for some privacy but there was nothing they could do about the stench for the rest of the flight.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours,"

If it was showing bad powerpoint slides, it was my boss.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

LOL....biosolids?

[6SJ7]

He says was there was one half-working restroom on the plane for the more than 200 people onboard.

I wonder which half.

[dragonblustar]

Bet it smelled better than Mookie's breath.

[Sig Sauer P220]

“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,”....

Setting himself up for suing the airline.

[linn37]

He should work at the hospital,it smells like a$$ there all the time.

[dragonblustar]

* I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours,"

Q: What did Star Parker say after being on the View?

[Eva]

This has the potential to rival the pool potty threads.

[4integrity]

‘..I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours,”..’

Was Harry Reid on that plane??

[Larry Lucido]

Drop to 10,000 and open the window.

[relictele]

Sorry - dirt, soil, earth, etc. will be confiscated by the TSA unless transported in 3 oz Ziploc bags.

[TheBethsterNH]

Amnesty International is right on this one...just watch!! LOL

[ModelBreaker]

"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," said Brock.

Get over it. Stuff happens. Noone likes it. In Europe, people used to live with it just outside their front door every day. They were called "open sewers." In a lot of the world, they still do.

Heck, I spent a good deal of my childhood using a smelly outhouse. You were only a few feet from the . . . "stuff." Never felt abused or neglected. Maybe I should go on Oprah. The fellow quoted above certainly should.

[NittanyLion]

"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," said Brock.

Lots of French people on the flight, eh?

[SpaceBar]

"I've never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like i had been physically abused and neglected."

Words carefully chosen to pave the way for a cash settlement.

[Nathan Zachary]

""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," said Brock." Ah-hahahahaha!!

[stuartcr]

Be thankful you don’t have a job that requires lots of it.

[Huck]

Another clod of dirt

Ya sure it's dirt? :-P

[bicyclerepair]

Wait, no more French-bashing. They’ve exhibited a spine.

[socialismisinsidious]

My thoughts exactly. How long before the lawyers begin?

[Raycpa]

"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,"...

And then I left the NYT newsroom and boarded this flight. I just can't win.

[KarlInOhio]

The original flight from Amsterdam to Newark had toilet problems and had to land in Ireland for repairs. They were stuck there overnight, then left Ireland the next day. On that second flight they had more problems soon after take off but they refused to turn around and go back to Ireland. There is no way that they were "high over the Atlantic" which implies that they were about halfway across.

Sure, problems can happen and if you are halfway across there is nothing you can do but continue onward, but there is no way that plane should have continued the flight when they had problems soon after takeoff. Just line up the lawyers because Continental flew an obviously unhealthy flight when they had the option of turning around.

[SwedishConservative]

Well, this story sure is good for a laugh (unless you were on it), but it does have more serious implications. If Continental is neglecting maintenance on their bathrooms, what else are they neglecting to maintain. Engines? Landing gear? Navigation systems?

Regardless, I probably won’t be flying with them anytime soon.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to plunge a toilet?

[Enterprise]

Ack!