As if being jammed next to dozens of passengers in a cramped airplane isn’t uncomfortable enough, imagine if someone selfishly “cuts the cheese” during a flight.
The odor would make it hard for anyone on board to comfortably relax, and the perpetrator would likely watch in silence while his or her flatulence wreaks havoc.
This scenario may not seem like a big deal to most people, but Dr. Lilian Gogo is using her platform as one of Rangwe, Kenya’s MPs (Member of Parliament) to promote the idea of a law that prohibits passengers from “passing gas” during commercial flights, reports Kenyan news outlet, Daily Nation.
Gogo was recently asked how she intends to have farting and flatulence aboard aircraft checked and, if possible, stopped. She said special training of aircraft crew should be undertaken, and she’s demanding that a law be enforced to combat the issue.
“It [farting] causes discomfort and insecurity on board’ flights,” GoGo argued during a debate with other MP’s about offenses and certain acts committed on airplanes.
Gogo bitterly complained of how she has had to endure periods of uneasiness that she says should now be a thing of the past if security aboard aircraft is to be enhanced.
“There is one irritant that is often ignored and this is the level of farting within the aircraft. There are passengers, who literary irritate fellow passengers bypassing bad smell and uncomfortable fart.
“If there is anyone given irritant that makes people fight on board, it is the fart, it is terrible within the plane,” Dr Gogo said.
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If this is not managed well, she said, it can cause insecurity on board.
“We need special training on aircraft crew so that they provide medicines like bicarbonate of soda after to passengers after meals and drinks have been served. We should also have paramedics, who are trained in basic first aid included in the international and local flights,” Dr Gogo said.
She noted that providing the basic medical systems to manage food that is offered aboard flights will reduce the level of gas that one can exude within the flight.
She said the matter is worsened by the fact that passengers are immobilized for long hours, predisposing them to offensive emissions.
The lawmaker added that the bad habit has not spared the local flights either. She pointed out that Kisumu-Nairobi, and Nairobi-Mombasa flights are especially prone to high levels of farting.
“If I am the only one who has experienced this, then I think the rest of us are very lucky. We should have basic provisions of medicines such as Eno other than paracetamols on the flight.”
There have been cases of passengers fighting onboard flights because they have been offended by the level of bad smell caused by farting among others.
“I have experienced passengers go through the agony of long flights. We cannot be secure on board when the other passengers are experiencing discomfort. Farting and flatulence is done progressively and can be contained,” she said.
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