Weirdest reasons for plane emergencies – from 'poonami' in toilet to farting cows
dailystar.co.uknever coming out.And that unfortunate moment is nothing compared to some of the weirdest reasons planes have had to divert.Be it snakes on a plane (really) or overwhelming stenches in the hold, Daily Star has taken a look at why you may find yourself landing at a totally different destination.In March 2015, BA flight 105 from Heathrow to Dubai got as far as Brussels when the pilot announced that the "pungent smell coming from the toilets" meant they had to turn back.Travellers were told the phantom pooper's "liquid excrement" aka "poonami" was just too smelly to bear and, as cabin crew were unable to fix the issue, the flight could not go on.Passenger Abhishek Sachdev tweeted: "Insane!
Our BA flight to Dubai returned back to Heathrow because of a smelly poo in the toilet! 15hrs until next flight... #britishairways." At the time, the Daily Star estimated that the move cost British Airways a whopping £152,000.
You can only imagine the panic and commotion when a stowaway snake slid out of an overhead compartment and into the cabin of an Aeromexico flight.
The five-foot serpent was seen hanging below the lights above the passenger seats on the flight to Mexico City. Fortunately, the pilot managed to secure a priority landing and animal control swiftly came to the rescue.
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