Plane Forced to Turn Around, Make Emergency Landing After Diarrhea Creates ‘Biohazard Issue’

Talk about running behind.

An international flight that took off from Atlanta on Friday had to return to the airport two hours after takeoff following what was reported to be a very messy situation.

The Delta Air Lines flight bound for Barcelona, Spain, turned around after a passenger experienced diarrhea, according to WAGA-TV in Atlanta.

The mess apparently was not isolated to a single area of the plane, either.

A purported recording of the pilot’s call to air traffic control was shared on a flight-oriented social media account.

“This is a biohazard issue,” the pilot said, according to the post by Thenewarea51.

“We’ve had a passenger who’s had diarrhea all the way through the airplane, so they want us to come back to Atlanta,” he explained.

A Delta Airlines Airbus A350 turned around back to Atlanta Friday night because of diarrhea throughout the airplane from a passenger and it’s a biohazard. ??

The FAA flight strip for DL194 was posted to Reddit (?xStang05x) Also a passenger posted here asking why her son’s… pic.twitter.com/VWbkB47wF1

— Thenewarea51 (@thenewarea51) September 3, 2023

The same account that posted the recording also shared a screenshot of a post from a concerned family member who claimed to have had a child aboard the plane and asked Delta why it had turned around.

“@Delta any idea what’s going on with DL 194? In flight for almost 2 hours and now heading back to Atlanta with my son on board,” the person wrote. “Would like an update as to what the issue is and what the update is on getting to Barcelona.”