A business class passenger flying a long-haul flight was abruptly awoken and drenched from the waist down in another man's urine. On December 27, Jerome Gutierrez from Hillsborough, California , was traveling on a United flight from San Francisco to Manilla when the disgusting incident occurred . Gutierrez's stepdaughter Nicole Cornell described the incident, and said: "He was asleep and buckled in and was surprised when he looked at the man and thought he was dreaming.
" Plane passengers zip-tie 'unruly' man to chair after he 'kicked seats' Severe turbulence injures seven on United flight forcing emergency landing After the man finished the act, Gutierrez realized he was completely soaked from his stomach down and was only four hours into his 15-hour-long flight. Although the flight crew gave him pajamas to change into, Cornell said that United Airlines did not do enough for her stepfather or for the biohazard risk. She said: "They put the needs of the airline before my stepdad's health.
I am so disgusted and in shock with how United Airlines handled this. That is a biohazard, and the plane should've turned around to address this issue." According to Cornell, United flight attendants tried to calm the situation and asked Gutierrez not to approach the man in fear that there would be a confrontation, and he would become violent.
A United spokesperson confirmed the incident, referring to it simply as a "passenger disturbance." They said that the airline asked police to meet the .
