Chemical alert on board, Delta flight diverted to JFK: When you say "a flight of m..."

For the series: what a flight of m... And no, this is not an exclamation due to any inefficiency of the company: it is, rather, an observation.

Let's rewind the tape. It is Friday, August 30, and we are on board the flight Delta DL112 operated by a Airbus A330-300. We recently took off from theBoston airport in the direction Rome-Fiumicino when, suddenly, a big problem (one with a capital 'P', to be clear) arises: without getting around it too much, a passenger had an attack of diarrhea. 

The consequences (and smells, especially) are easy to imagine: The plane, as FlightRadar24's radar plot shows, after launching Squawk code 7700 (medical emergency on board) made a turn and was diverted to the JFK New York. The unfortunate passengers, after several hours of waiting, were then able to complete their journey aboard another aircraft: the first aircraft, however, evidently uninhabitable, remained grounded until the afternoon of the following day. 

If this story left you cold, well you have to think again: of course, I am not saying that we should expect something like this every time we board an airplane; however, data in hand, you can't even say it never happens. 

Not even a year ago Delta itself experienced the "thrill" of such an event on its own skin: an A350-900 had to perform a emergency landing Because a passenger filled the plane with feces., as stated in the bulletin. 

And just a few weeks ago, to conclude, the United Flight UA2477 took off from Houston and headed to Boston was forced to land in Washington for the same 'problem'. So, just to say.

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