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A plane on its way from the Spanish island of Gran Canaria to Amsterdam in the Netherlands had to make an emergency landing after one of its passenger’s body odour caused other travellers to vomit and faint.
Russian musician Andrey Suchilin’s odour had other passengers thinking he had poor hygiene and they were quickly overwhelmed by the rancid smell, with some people getting sick and others fainting, Metro UK reports. But it turns out he was suffering from a serious illness.
Flight staff tried to quarantine the 58-year-old in a toilet but the pilot decided it would be best to land as soon as possible. The Boeing 737 reportedly landed in the south of Portugal where Andrey was immediately removed and taken to hospital, The Sun reports.
Piet van Haut, a Belgian passenger, described the stench as unbearable. “It was like he hadn’t washed himself for several weeks,” he added. “Several passengers got sick and had to puke.”
“The plane diverted because of medical reasons, but it’s indeed right that he smelled quite a bit,” a spokesperson for Dutch airline Transavia confirmed at the time.
After being taken to hospital, doctors confirmed Andrey was suffering from gangrene, a form of necrosis where tissue starts to die due to a lack of blood flow to the infected area or because of bacterial infection.
In a Facebook post Andrey’s wife, Lidia, said her husband had sought medical attention before leaving Spain but was told it was just an “ordinary beach infection” and was administered antibiotics, Fox News reports. He went into a coma after several days in hospital and died a month later.
Sources: metro.co.uk, thesun.co.uk, foxnews.com
