--- description: U.S. Airways makes emergency landing after dog poops in the aisle. title: U.S. Airways Reportedly Makes Emergency Landing after Dog Poops in Aisle Twice image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ef484aa065bccc/6986958335ba6f6d28c025b5/dog-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.S. Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Dog Poops in the Aisle  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 30, 2014 6:34 PM CUT  Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 30, 2014 6:34 PM CUT A Philadelphia-bound U.S. Airways flight from Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Kansas City, Missouri, earlier this week after a dog defecated in the middle of the aisle–twice. A man named Steve McCall, who says he was a passenger on the plane, U.S. Airways Flight 598, [told _Inside Edition_](http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/8355-dog-poops-on-plane-forces-emergency-landing "undefined") that the smell made people physically sick_._ NBC Philadelphia has [rounded up tweets](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Dog-Poo-Forces-Philly-Bound-Flight-to-Make-Emergency-Landing-Report-261252191.html "undefined") that appear to be from other passengers who are complaining about how the flight had already been delayed because of fuel issues before the incident onboard. Chris Law, an NFL producer, live-tweeted the episode, including a photo of the clean-up after the emergency landing, and complimented the crew’s handling of the situation: The Proud, The Few, The [@USAirways](https://twitter.com/USAirways?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") dog shit cleaning crew [pic.twitter.com/MQFTGSiGRY](http://t.co/MQFTGSiGRY "undefined") — Chris Law (@ChrisLaw) [May 28, 2014](https://twitter.com/ChrisLaw/status/471725682054397954?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") We’ve reached out to U.S. Airways for comment and will update if we hear back. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2800139/u-s-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-dog-poops-in-the-aisle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2800139/u-s-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-dog-poops-in-the-aisle/"},"headline":"U.S. Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Dog Poops in the Aisle","datePublished":"2014-05-30T18:34:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:12.022Z","description":"The smell reportedly made other passengers ill.","url":"https://time.com/2800139/u-s-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-dog-poops-in-the-aisle/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ef484aa065bccc/6986958335ba6f6d28c025b5/dog-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54ef484aa065bccc/6986958335ba6f6d28c025b5/dog-plane.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"dog-plane","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2800139/u-s-airways-flight-makes-emergency-landing-after-dog-poops-in-the-aisle/","name":"U.S. Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Dog Poops in the Aisle"}}]}] ```