not sure what i'm missing...the reporter claims the husband said (roughly) "they boarded the plane and had stowed their bags..." no mention that they boarded at different times...whatever

frankly i'm dealing with a fish smell that leaked onto my trunk carpet about 6mos ago while at the coast...the carpeting has been steam cleaned twice and i've used every deodorizer i can find...smell is still there....

maybe that's tainting my view, but i really have a hard time believing that the purser barked "sit in the vomit or leave my plane" while the rest of the crew stood around laughing. and based on rewatching the father's recap on the news clip, he really doesn't notice the smell until after they notice the floors wet, and then they smell their hands....HAVING NOT BEEN THERE, I DON'T HONESTLY KNOW but it just sounds like they cleaned up the mess w/ some cleaning solution wetting the carpet, and the smell was still lingering in the carpet fibers, which i'm going to guess it will for some time.