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February 21st, 2010, 08:47 AM
Passenger ejected from Montreal-bound Air Canada flight for being too smelly
18 February 2010
Canwest News Service
Raising a stink -- literally -- grounded a man's intention to fly from Charlottetown to Montreal earlier this month.
A man with foul body odour boarded an Air Jazz plane on Feb. 6, and was left to sit by himself. Penny Walsh, of Charlottetown, was moved to another seat by an Air Canada employee so she would not have to ride alongside the man who was giving off an unpleasant smell.
"People were just mumbling and staring at him," said Ms. Walsh. "The guy next to me said, 'It's brutal'. "
Ms. Walsh, who had a cold and ended up sitting three rows in front of the man, did not get a strong whiff of the offending traveller, but said other passengers were dreading the potentially noxious flight ahead.
Apparently in an effort to clear the air, the man, who Ms. Walsh described as unkempt, was escorted off the plane. Ms. Walsh said the incident delayed the flight by only 15 to 20 minutes.
18 February 2010
Canwest News Service
Raising a stink -- literally -- grounded a man's intention to fly from Charlottetown to Montreal earlier this month.
A man with foul body odour boarded an Air Jazz plane on Feb. 6, and was left to sit by himself. Penny Walsh, of Charlottetown, was moved to another seat by an Air Canada employee so she would not have to ride alongside the man who was giving off an unpleasant smell.
"People were just mumbling and staring at him," said Ms. Walsh. "The guy next to me said, 'It's brutal'. "
Ms. Walsh, who had a cold and ended up sitting three rows in front of the man, did not get a strong whiff of the offending traveller, but said other passengers were dreading the potentially noxious flight ahead.
Apparently in an effort to clear the air, the man, who Ms. Walsh described as unkempt, was escorted off the plane. Ms. Walsh said the incident delayed the flight by only 15 to 20 minutes.