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Air travelers already have to deal with unruly passengers,
excessively talkative ones and many other types who make flying
miserable. But a new low may just have been reached for weary
road warriors: The overwhelmingly smelly passenger. A man on Jazz
Air, a regional airline in Canada that also serves U.S. cities, was
reportedly kicked off a plane earlier this month because of his strong
body odor. "People were just mumbling and staring at him," said a
woman who sat near the man, according to The Guardian, a newspaper in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where the flight originated on
February 6. It was a very uncomfortable situation, she added. Another
passenger described the smell as "brutal."
The man was an American visiting Prince
Edward Island, the CBC reported. Jazz Air spokeswoman Manon
Stuart confirmed that a passenger was "deplaned" from the flight, but
she could not provide specific information about the person involved or
the reason why he was asked to leave because of privacy issues. "As
an airline, the safety and comfort of our passengers and crew are our
top priorities. Therefore, any situation that compromises either their
safety or comfort is taken seriously, and in such circumstances, the
crew will act in the best interest of the majority of our passengers,"
Stuart said. "It's important to understand that our crew members
make every effort to resolve a situation before it becomes an issue.
Unfortunately, in some circumstances, it may become necessary for our
crew to remove passengers."
The airline, like
most air carriers, doesn't have a specific policy covering body odor,
Stuart said.
excessively talkative ones and many other types who make flying
miserable. But a new low may just have been reached for weary
road warriors: The overwhelmingly smelly passenger. A man on Jazz
Air, a regional airline in Canada that also serves U.S. cities, was
reportedly kicked off a plane earlier this month because of his strong
body odor. "People were just mumbling and staring at him," said a
woman who sat near the man, according to The Guardian, a newspaper in
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, where the flight originated on
February 6. It was a very uncomfortable situation, she added. Another
passenger described the smell as "brutal."
The man was an American visiting Prince
Edward Island, the CBC reported. Jazz Air spokeswoman Manon
Stuart confirmed that a passenger was "deplaned" from the flight, but
she could not provide specific information about the person involved or
the reason why he was asked to leave because of privacy issues. "As
an airline, the safety and comfort of our passengers and crew are our
top priorities. Therefore, any situation that compromises either their
safety or comfort is taken seriously, and in such circumstances, the
crew will act in the best interest of the majority of our passengers,"
Stuart said. "It's important to understand that our crew members
make every effort to resolve a situation before it becomes an issue.
Unfortunately, in some circumstances, it may become necessary for our
crew to remove passengers."
The airline, like
most air carriers, doesn't have a specific policy covering body odor,
Stuart said.
