Flight cancelled after passenger defecates on floor

EasyJet cancelled a flight after someone defecated on the floor

An EasyJet flight from Spain to London was delayed twice before eventually being cancelled because someone defecated on the toilet floor, several news outlets have reported. Flight EZY8054 from Tenerife to London Gatwick was scheduled to depart on October 15 but faced several delays before eventually being cancelled altogether, much to the chagrin of passengers who had waited hours for take-off.

Aaran Gedhu, a passenger on board, told CNN that the flight had already been delayed because EasyJet switched the scheduled plane for a smaller aircraft. Because of this, some passengers could not be accommodated on the smaller aircraft and the airline offered vouchers to anyone who would agree to fly out later.

However, no one of the flight accepted the vouchers. EasyJet had to remove 10 passengers from the plane, a process which took two hours. The remaining passengers then had to wait another hour on the ground because the flight was overweight and some luggage had to be offloaded.

“Then, the pilot finally gave the all clear, and then he said that it will be about 20 minutes until departure,” recalled Gedhu. “And that’s when the incident happened with the defecation.”

Real good of @easyJet to delay the flight 3.5 hours with 0 communication then decide to cancel it altogether because someone took a shit on the toilet floor quite literally couldn’t make this shit up #easyjetpic.twitter.com/E9lpCA4rew

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In footage obtained by The New York Post, the captain can be heard announcing that someone found it “rather entertaining… to defecate on the front toilet, so now we’re staying the night here.”

“We’re now going to get everyone off… and organize hotels, then we’ll fly back tomorrow morning,” the pilot said as passengers groaned in disappointment.

The delay and subsequent cancellation led to a lot of angry reactions, with some passengers venting on social media. “So, we’ve been given the excuse of a toilet being defecated in for the reason for a CANCELED flight?!” one person tweeted, calling it “unacceptable.”

However, the ordeal of passengers did not end with their deboarding as EasyJet was unable to provide hotels for everyone. The low cost airline told passengers they would receive a refund if they arranged their own accommodation in a “reasonably priced room.”