Dog poo in first class caused a commercial plane to make an unscheduled landing.
The recent five-hour United Airlines flight 422 from Houston to Seattle on Friday, April 7, was halfway through its journey when a dog unloaded on the floor of the first class section of the plane.
A messy snap of the incident was shared by Reddit user gig_wizard on the on subreddit r/unitedairlines. The post read: “Dog had messy accident in the aisle right in first class. Plane diverted to DFW (Dallas Fort Worth). Ground crew spent over two hours cleaning carpets with paper towels. Smell made me ill.
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“Gate agents kept yelling at passengers and the cabin crew. The smell never quite went away. First class toilet declared unusable as the dog mess was apparently unresolved in there. Food went bad while on the ground so very few snacks left.”
A spokesperson for the airline confirmed to DailyMail.com the post about the incident on Reddit was accurate.
Many of the comments on the post saw people slam those who decide to take their dogs on planes. Much of the anger seemed to be directed towards service dogs.
One person said: “Another post about badly behaved 'service' dogs on planes! Will anything be done about it? Spoiler alert: NO.” Another said: “All animals need to either be in a crate or in the cargo hold. Only service animals should be for the blind. You don't need an "emotional support dog" for a freaking plane ride.”
A third furious individual wrote: “Dog people are crazy and I am sick of the ‘he's my baby’ mentality of owners. It's a freaking animal. And the owner should be made to clean that mess up. Take a dog on a plane-clean up your mess.”
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