A US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing on Wednesday after a dog repeatedly defecated in the plane's aisles.
The Philadelphia-bound flight had to make the unexpected stop in Kansas, Missouri, when service dog, Truffles, relieved himself not once, but three times on the flight that had set off from Los Angeles.
It was decided an emergency landing was the only solution, when the cabin crew had run out of paper towels to clean up the mess and the smell from the dog's faeces began to make passengers feel physically ill.
One passenger, Steve McCall, told the American news magazine Inside Edition that about an hour into the flight passengers started "smelling this terrible smell," which was caused by "a big dog" that was about "three or four feet long."
"The second time after the dog pooped they ran out of paper towels, they didn't have anything else. The pilot comes on the radio, 'Hey, we have a situation in the back, we're going to have to emergency land'."
The pilot then contacted Kansas City International Airport to arrange a window to land in and organise a cleaning team to be deployed on their arrival.
After the mess was cleared, passengers were able to re-board the flight and continue their journey to Philadelphia.
The dog and its owner were rebooked on another flight.
Another passenger, the sports journalist, Chris Law, reported the event on his Twitter and was full of praise for the flight crew.
He said: "Easy to crush airlines in these situations, but the flight crew has been great during 1,000 gallon/Dog Shit-gate 2014.
US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie called the episode a "rare and unfortunate situation".
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