In a Twitter thread, Habib Battah has shared details of how he encountered a blood-soaked carpet on an Air France flight from Paris to Toronto and had to clean his belongings as it was soaked in it.
During a flight from Paris to Toronto, a passenger onboard an Air France plane had a horrifying experience when he discovered a carpet soaked in blood. Habib Battah took to Twitter to recount the distressing incident and shared the details with his followers. He explained how he encountered the blood-soaked carpet and had to clean his personal belongings that had come into contact with it.
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He wrote, "I've seen a few things in my life, but the horrific blood-soaked carpet on my @airfrance plane yesterday was another level! An hour into the transatlantic flight from Paris to Toronto, I kept smelling something gross and couldn't figure it out."
I noticed a big stain across the whole carpet of the seats. It was wet to touch. At first the attendant shrugged and gave me some wipes. In my broken French told her it smelled like merde (shit). Then the wipes came up blood red. I used over a dozen of them... (2 pic.twitter.com/tEg5hXX95f
— Habib Battah (@habib_b)In a subsequent tweet, the passenger further elaborated that he initially noticed a stain on the floor of the plane, accompanied by an unpleasant odor. Concerned about the situation, he sought help from the airline staff, who provided him with some wipes to address the issue. It was during this cleaning process that he discovered the disturbing truth – the substance on the floor was, indeed, blood.
He wrote, "I took out my backpack from under the seat and the strap was soaked in blood too. I got on my hands and knees and cleaned for half an hour. The (Air France) staff gave me gloves and more wipes. Then they casually noted a passenger had haemorrhaged on a flight before ours."
Here I am trying to get the blood off my luggage that it absorbed from the airplane carpet. The staff crowded around, shocked because they claimed a cleaning crew had removed the seats after the sick passenger incident, but apparently not cleaned the floor. (4 pic.twitter.com/X59rYkvaAW
— Habib Battah (@habib_b)In a subsequent tweet, the passenger expressed his curiosity about the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident involving the passenger who had evidently lost a significant amount of blood. He pondered over the possible reasons behind the incident, contemplating the implications for the person who experienced such a severe blood loss. Additionally, he expressed concerns about potential exposure to diseases or infections for himself and other passengers onboard the flight. The tweet quickly garnered significant attention on the internet.
I really hope takes this seriously and can tell us if we were exposed to any hazardous medical/bio waste. Chief attendant filed a report, noting sick passenger traveled Thursday from Paris to Boston, so 1 other flight exposed passengers to blood before ours. (6 pic.twitter.com/5ZIKeQO7Tt
— Habib Battah (@habib_b)Responding to the tweet, Air France wrote, "Hi @habib_b, this particular matter is being taken into account and you will be contacted by our teams as soon as possible. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you."
Hi , this particular matter is being taken into account and you will be contacted by our teams as soon as possible. Once again, we apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Thank you.
Irked internet users reacted to the viral post with one commenting, "This is unreal and gross negligence!"
"That's awful @airfrance, and why did one of your staff not clean it instead of a paying passenger? That plane should not have been used until proper clean," commented another user.
"Damn. That is horrific," the third user noted.