Hi,
I wanted to bring up this topic a very long time ago but never did. However, it's up here finally.
Thought this was an enjoyable topic to read since our forum is always full of bashing...
For all of my CX flights, I found out that you tend to fart more during flying. And depending on what you eat, the smell varies. Before I always drink soft drinks on the plane, but due to over excessive farting, I changed to apple juice, however, still no luck. Then I wondered why do people go to the washrooms so often and so long each time during the flight. I hypothesize that these people go to washroom just for releasing their gas.
Once I farted right when the FA came over to my seat. I felt so bad as that fart was one of those "specials". Specials=insanely smelly
Would cabin pressure be a cause? I tried checking google but couldn't find anything.
Any FF here think my hypothesis is right? Or any nice stories to share?
This is clearly due to the air pressure difference between inside the cabin and outside. It is also a growing problem across several airlines, including one instance of an aircraft having to land because of this problem !!! But what took the cake in that instance (American Airlines, 2006) was that the passenger in question lit a match to hide her flatulence (alternatively, she may have tried to verify if it really was gas - if yes, it might ignite, now that's safe!) LOL. See this link:
http://business-air-travel.suite101....ng_when_flying