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WATCH: Woman reveals horror after fellow passenger caught picking this mid-flight


A video filmed on board an AirAsia flight, captured a man picking his toes and dry skin from his feet, before dropping it on the floor.

The video, captured by fellow passenger Jade Thomas, took place on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hanoi.

Someone else walked past, appearing to be a flight attendant.

This unusual act happens more frequently than you may think.

In a Reddit thread, flight attendants discussed some of the disgusting things they’ve seen mid-flight, ranging from used underwear to vomit.

“I once discovered vomit outside of the paper bag which spilled through the seat pocket,” an unidentified flight attendant explained.

“It was absolutely awful, but what can you do?”

Another user shared their discovery of a particularly smelly clothing item.

“I once found a crusty sock in a pocket on a flight from Houston to Seattle where a rather rotund gentleman had been sitting.”

One flight attendant reeled off a list of items which included “dirty tissues, knickers and half sucked sweets”.

She explained: “I ALWAYS recommend you never, ever, ever, EVER use or put anything in the seat pocket. They are cleared of rubbish but are never ‘cleaned’.”

A study conducted by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) found that seat pockets, washroom handles, tray tables and seat belts are the filthiest surfaces on a plane.

To conduct their investigation, the team took a total of 18 short-haul flights between Ottawa and Montreal, flying with Canada’s three major airlines — Air Canada, WestJet and Porter — at various times throughout the day.

On each flight, the following surfaces were swabbed: seatbelt, tray table, headrest, seat pocket and washroom handle.

Those samples were analysed in a lab at the University of Guelph by microbiologist Keith Warriner where the discovery was made.

“I was really amazed about how much we actually recovered from them,” he said. “Some of them are scarier than others.”

Yeast and mould were detected on the majority of flights along with E. Coli bacteria.



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