The incident occurred on a Delta Airlines flight. The passengers were located in other ships and several workers spent hours disinfecting the Airbus A350.
The workers spent hours disinfecting the ship.
He pilot of a Delta Airlines plane He decided return to the airport of origin because one of the passengers who were on flight DL194 suffered explosive diarrheaassuring that the fact became “a biohazard problem“.
He Airbus A350which came out on Friday from Atlanta bound for Barcelona, which had been in the air for an hour, “became practically a flying toilet,” according to the New York Post.
A airline spokesperson He explained that the return could be operated “with a change of aircraft“, after emergency landingbecause the cause of the delay was that the eschatological problem suffered by one of the passengers, would have been scattered “all over the plane”. Arriving in Atlanta, several workers took care of disinfect the aircraft for hours.
The protocols before a biological risk in an airplane
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a cabin crew guide. Under these protocols, since it is not known whether a disease is contagious when symptoms first appear, any bodily fluid such as diarrhea, vomit, or blood should be treated as potentially infectious.
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Therefore, after the sick passenger is identifiedshould be taken following control measures:
- If possible, sit passengers sick with diarrhea or vomiting near a bathroom.
- Restrict the use of that bathroom to only those with symptoms. In case this is not possible, it will be necessary to disinfect according to company policy.
- Provide airbags if passengers say they are nauseated or vomiting.
- If any action is taken, as in this case, that the captain decided to turn around to return to the starting point, a special cleaning must be carried out on all surfaces, both hard, such as tray tables, monitors, seat arms and windows; even the soft ones, like the carpeted floor or the seat cushions. In addition, all contaminated items must be placed in a biohazard bag and disposed of upon landing.
Source: Ambito
