Passenger Apologizes After ‘Biohazard’-Level Food Poisoning Cancels Flight

Crews in hazmat suits had to clean up the bathroom.

I t may be one of the worst nightmares for fliers: getting sick on a flight. Last year, Meghan Reinertsen lived this nightmare when she was flying back from Portugal and got violently ill on her connecting flight from Newark to Indianapolis. She spent 90 minutes in the lavatory and remained inside even during landing. Her next flight was canceled when a hazmat team had to clean up. A year later, she has publicly apologized to anyone who may have been affected.

@meghanreinertsen Part 1 of how I personally got a United flight cancelled #storytime #airplane #diarrhea @United Airlines ♬ original sound – Meghan Reinertsen

In two videos uploaded to TikTok, Reinertsen, an actor who supports herself as a live-in nanny, recounted the o