Mid-Flight Chaos: Woman’s Mysterious Illness Forces Emergency Landing and Sparks Flight Cancellation
Meghan Reinertsen was on the final leg of her journey when her stomach played up
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Reinertsen posted a three-part account of her aircraft-grounding diarrhea experience between July 7 and 8, explaining how she embarked on the multi-legged flight itinerary in the hope of making it to a movie premiere on time.
She awoke at three in the morning, departed from Faro Airport in Portugal, and connected in Lisbon to a flight that would take her to Indianapolis via Newark.
As the aircraft landed in Newark, she was awakened by “a disturbance deep, deep” inside her stomach.
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“Something is happening that I am not prepared to deal with,” she recalled thinking at the time.
Some time after the flight was airborne again, she made her way to the restroom, and the stomach bug forced out the contents of her stomach.
Staffers in hazmat suits were deployed to clean up after her
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At some point during the bathroom stint, her bathroom antics caught the attention of an attendant who spoke to her through the closed door.
The airline staffer was particularly concerned about the plane landing while Reinertsen was on the loo, but she could not do anything about it.
Reinertsen recalled her state during the exchange, saying, “I’m sweating, I’m crying, my insides are cramping.”
@meghanreinertsen Part 1 of how I personally got a United flight cancelled #storytime#airplane#diarrhea @United Airlines ♬ original sound – Meghan Reinertsen
“For the next 20 minutes, I have more diarrhea than any human should have in their life,” her account continued.
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