# Flight diverted due to the unbearable stench of a passenger **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604 "2018-06-07T13:28:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/21 "2018-06-09T23:39:48Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Heh! I found my new favorite subheader in that La Vanguardia article: “La gente vomitaba.” > > I had an an adult student who reeked of dirty lady parts. She was mid-40s and a working woman who looked clean and dressed professionally. She smelled so awful there was an 8’ radius of empty seats around her and meeting her in my office was torture – the smell would linger for hours, I went through a lot of Febreze that semester. > > She also visibly sweated a lot, even in the AC’d classroom. I’m fairly certain she suffered from “fish odor syndrome”; given the care she took with her outward appearance it makes sense that it was due to a genetic disease and not careless hygiene. What a horrible condition to have: > [Trimethylaminuria - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimethylaminuria) > > SharkWife, a retired FDNY EMT, has some magnificent tales about bad smells encountered on the job. When I lived in my old town, there was an elderly woman who sometimes came to a meetup I attended (she has since died) about whom I wondered if she had this or some similar disorder. She was clean, but had this very peculiar and unforgettable odor that was like a mix of urine, stale cooking odors, and who knows what else. Nice woman, too; too bad she smelled so bad. I told my mother about her, and she said that my grandmother had once had a friend who was like that. This woman once came to my house, and yes, I did shampoo the chair after she left. Interestingly, my cat didn’t react any differently to her than he did to any other visitor. On another occasion, I was at the library, and detected that unmistakable odor. Yep, that was her. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/22 "2018-06-10T06:34:22Z")
I had a friend who specialized in farting in lifts. I did laugh at this line " In February, INSIDER reported that a Transavia flight from Dubai to Amsterdam made an emergency landing after a man allegedly spent most of the flight incessantly farting. " How do they know they got the right guy? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/23 "2018-06-12T05:49:01Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I had a friend who specialized in farting in lifts. > > I did laugh at this line " In February, INSIDER reported that a Transavia flight from Dubai to Amsterdam made an emergency landing after a man allegedly spent most of the flight incessantly farting. " > > How do they know they got the right guy? Maybe he was making a lot of noise? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/24 "2018-06-12T06:05:15Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Maybe he was making a lot of noise? From the sound of things so would the people around him- mainly wheezing. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/25 "2018-06-28T15:40:58Z")
Fox News [reports](http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/06/27/unbearable-smelling-passenger-that-caused-plane-s-emergency-landing-dies-from-tissue-necrosis.html) that the passenger has died from tissue necrosis. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/26 "2018-06-28T19:14:00Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > I had a friend who specialized in farting in lifts. > > I did laugh at this line " In February, INSIDER reported that a Transavia flight from Dubai to Amsterdam made an emergency landing after a man allegedly spent most of the flight incessantly farting. " > > How do they know they got the right guy? They could tell which general direction it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/27 "2018-06-28T19:35:50Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > They could tell which general direction it came from. And they obviously didn’t smell of Elderberries. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/28 "2018-06-28T20:16:41Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Fox News [reports](http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2018/06/27/unbearable-smelling-passenger-that-caused-plane-s-emergency-landing-dies-from-tissue-necrosis.html) that the passenger has died from tissue necrosis. I wonder why Fox neglected to mention that [his health insurance had expired](https://people.com/home/andrey-suchilin-smelled-bad-forced-emergency-landing-necrosis/). ---
**Author:** ![Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Springtime\_for\_Spacers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Springtime_for_Spacers)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/29 "2018-06-29T01:36:09Z")
That’s tragic. It answers Shoeless’ question at any rate. They didn’t notice the smell at boarding because it got worse on the flight as his flesh was dying. Poor guy. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604/30 "2018-06-29T17:00:31Z")
What a horrible way to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-diverted-due-to-the-unbearable-stench-of-a-passenger/815604.md?page=1)