A very distressing incident occurred on an Air France flight and was narrated by a passenger. The passenger was shocked to witness a blood-soaked carpet on the flight. Yes, you read this right. This happened on a Paris-to-Toronto flight, and the incident was shared by Habib Battah on Twitter. How did he find the blood-soaked carpet? What happened? Keep reading to know!
Air France Passenger Tweets About Blood-Soaked Carpet
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. Until I got up and looked down…(1 pic.twitter.com/if919aLlO8
— Habib Battah (@habib_b) July 1, 2023
Air France passenger Habib Battah shared an incident that he witnessed on the flight while he was flying to Toronto from Paris. He shared a Twitter thread while explaining the terrifying incident.
Here I am trying to get the blood off my luggage that it absorbed from the airplane carpet. The @airfrance 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) July 1, 2023
He mentioned how he found a blood-soaked carpet on the flight and had to clean his belongings as they too had stains of the same. Habib said that he had seen many things in life, but his experience with Air France was a terrifying one.
He was on a transatlantic flight from Paris to Toronto when he kept smelling something gross. Habib also shared pictures and videos featuring himself cleaning the stuff and his blood-soaked belongings.
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Airline Staff’s Casual Behaviour
I noticed a big stain across the whole carpet of the seats. It was wet to touch. At first the @airfrance 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) July 1, 2023
This Air France passenger wrote a follow-up tweet where he mentioned a stain on the floor with a foul smell. He mentioned the issue to the airline staff, who did give him some tissues and gloves to clean his belongings. Soon he understood that these stains were from blood.
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 @airfrance staff gave me gloves and more wipes. Then they casually noted a passenger had hemorrhaged on a flight before ours. (3 pic.twitter.com/yVW7n9w0MY
— Habib Battah (@habib_b) July 1, 2023
The strap of his bag was under the seat and was soaked in blood. He tried to know from the staff why there was so much blood. The staff very casually replied that this was because a passenger on the previous flight had internal bleeding and an infection.
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.— Air France (@airfrance) July 3, 2023
The tweet gained a lot of attention, and then Air France replied to it. It apologized to Habib for the inconvenience caused and promised that he would be contacted by someone from the team.
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First Published: July 03, 2023 8:18 PM