The toilet's too small': Chinese child allowed to defecate in passenger cabin of airliner
PUBLISHED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 1:42pm
UPDATED : Monday, 17 August, 2015, 6:18pm
Alice Yan
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The mother of the child said the toilets were too small for her, while a flight attendant found the child at the back of the cabin before the plane took off. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Parents of a young toddler allowed the child defecate on the floor of an airliner about to take off from an airport in eastern China, according to a newspaper report.
The mother of the child said the toilets were too small for her, the child and another relative to get inside, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
A passenger on the Shenzhen Airlines flight from Nanjing to Guangzhou on Sunday said two lavatories on the aircraft were vacant at the time, according to the report.
A flight attendant found the child at the back of the cabin before the plane took off, the report said.
The incident happened on a Shenzhen Airlines flight between Nanjing and Guangzhou, according to the report. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The mother was heard telling the child there was no need to hurry going to the toilet, according to the article.
No details were given of the child’s age or sex.
Media in China have published a series of articles in recent years highlighting the bad behaviour of some Chinese tourists and passengers on aircraft.
A child was allowed to defecate in his seat during a flight from Beijing to Detroit last year, according to the US-based Chinese-language newspaper World Journal.
Other passengers asked his parents to take him to the toilet, but they insisted he go on his seat which they had covered with newspaper, the report said.
