A United Airlines business class passenger has been banned from flying after she urinated on a stranger during a long-haul flight.
Jerome Gutierrez was traveling From San Francisco to Manila, Philippines when a passenger got up from his seat and started urinating on him About four hours later Take off.
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Mr. Gutierrezwho was asleep at the time of the shocking incident, had to remain sitting in his wet clothes for another eight hours.
Nicole Cornell, Gutierrez's stepdaughter, told SFGATE:[Gutierrez] He was asleep and bent down and was surprised when he looked at the man.
“He thought he was dreaming before he realized he was soaking wet from the stomach down in that man's urine.”
Cornell added that the flight attendants asked Gutierrez “not to approach the man for fear that a confrontation would occur and he would become violent.”
“I am absolutely disgusted and shocked by the way United Airlines has handled this matter,” she said.
“This is a biohazard, and the plane should have turned around to address this issue. They put the airline's needs before my stepfather's needs. health“.
It is understood the man who allegedly urinated on Gutierrez later apologized and begged him “not to press charges”.
A United Airlines spokesperson told the New York Post that a man was banned from flying after “disturbing passengers” on board.
They said: “On December 28 we asked police To meet our flight when it arrived in Manila to address the inconvenience of passengers. “We blocked the passenger.”
This comes after a body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Hawaii Christmas .
The flight departed from Chicago, bound for Maui.
However, the horrific scene was discovered when the United Airlines flight landed at Kahului Airport.
The airline said the body was found in the well of one of the main landing gear.
“The wheel well was only accessible from outside the aircraft,” United Airlines said in a statement.
“At this time, it is not clear how or when the person got into the wheel well.”
The person's gender or identity was not determined.
United Airlines said it is working with local companies law Implementation of the incident.
Maui police did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the U.S. Sun.
The police department told Hawaii News they are now investigating the case.
The incident did not affect United Airlines' operations or those at Kahului Airport.
