United Airlines has banned a man after allegedly urinating on another passenger mid-flight. The unidentified man was traveling aboard UA Flight 189 from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Manila, Philippines, last month when he got up from his seat four hours into the flight and began urinating on Jerome Gutierrez, who was traveling in business. Was traveling in class and was sleeping at that time.
Nicole Cornell, Gutierrez’s stepdaughter, said, “He was sleeping and bundled up and he was surprised when he saw the man and thought he was dreaming.” New York Post.
It was only after the man had urinated that Mr Gutierrez realized he was drenched in someone else’s urine from his stomach to his feet.
According to Ms. Cornell, the flight attendant told Mr. Gutierrez not to approach the man because she feared it might lead to a confrontation, which could make the situation worse.
“They put the needs of the airline ahead of my stepfather’s health. I am extremely disappointed and shocked by how United Airlines handled this! This is a biohazard, and the plane should be returned to resolve this issue Was.”
United Airlines confirmed the incident, saying there was a “passenger disturbance” on the flight in question and that the perp had been “banned”.
“When our flight arrived in Manila on December 28, we asked the police to meet us regarding the passenger’s disturbance. We have banned the passenger,” the airline said.
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previous examples
This is not the first case when such an incident has come to light in a flight. In April last year, an Indian man traveling from New York to Delhi urinated on a co-passenger on an American Airlines flight. The airline staff deemed the accused passenger to be drunk and during an argument he urinated on a co-passenger.
In November 2022, a drunk man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman in the business class of an Air India flight. The incident was reported a few months later and the accused was arrested, while the airline banned him from flying for 30 days.
