Nairobi Lawmaker Wants to Put an End to Farting on Airplanes

...........ask any cabin attendant male or female about 'crop dusting' the passengers.

As funny as this is, I flew Iberia coming and going from Madrid to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Very long flight for a little A319. On each leg, someone must have been in some terrible gastrointestinal distress. The the level of flatulence released into the passenger cabin was on a cosmic-event level. A literal supernova of a discharge. The flight attendants were forced to raid the duty-free cart and spray perfume (wish they had duty free Febreeze). Don't know what the offender ate, but that substance should be banned from the planet, lest we accelerate climate change even faster.

Geez, just open a window..... ;)

Why make a big stink about it?

I, for one, applaud this effort. It's definitely time to air out these differences, and address the growing pressures implicit in this situation. Rather than continuing to gaslight the public, we finally see a lawmaker who's willing to raise a stink about this issue and not just go whichever way the wind blows. I don't want to toot my own horn, but I've bean pushing for a long time for this news to break, and now that is has I think I can safely predict lots of skid marks as politicos try to evade the stench of this one. It should be a ripping good time!

.........had to stop and look at the comments on this one! Where is Wayne Brokeout when you need his words of wisdom. RIP MR WAYNE, I am sure you are up there laughing at this one Sir.

I applaud her effarts!

I wish lawmakers would quit farting around and get laws passed.

I had to look, more than once, to make sure I was not reading an article from the "The Onion."

The solution is activated charcoal underwear to filter out the smell.
Shreddies makes them.

what's wrong with crop dusting over 100 people at a time a mile up?

...Farting is prohibited on board the aircraft. Lavatories are equipped with Fart detection systems. Federal law prohibits tampering with, disabling or destroying these systems...

Perhaps the opposite could be applied... just think: if a plane load of people could fart all the time, the 'output' (methane) could be directed to provide power for the engines.... :)
"Have fart, will travel." lol

Hey Doc Lilian, it's biological. Cabins are pressurized to simulate 8000' when they actually fly at 30,000' plus. At 8000' the pressures inside body cavities are greater in relationship to when people are on the ground. Hence, farting commences..

Kenya must be a utopia if this is all their legislature has to work on.

Simple enough..stinkpipe tube from every seat to the engines...talk about saving fuel.

Love it! I carry Vicks to put up my nose....The Asian flights are the worst....

The airline calls this "inflight recreation"....
Putt Putt

It's good to see this Gogo Girl has solved the rest of Kenya's problems and this airy issue has finally floated to the top!

The answer is obviously specially trained "Fart Marshalls" who sniff out the culprits and issue fart citations in varying colours dependent on the virulence of the offense.

Nothing is ever to be done to keep bowel gas from expanding and this is now a problem as the air in the aircraft is barely exchanged but mostly recirculated. This gives you the opportunity to enjoy the dietary choices of your fellow passengers for longer periods as they not only linger but they come back to remind you.o.

I guess like the famous dead dog switch there is a need for an air exchange selection held by the cabin crew.

Another great article...
https://face2faceafrica.com/article/kenyan-mp-demands-law-to-combat-farting-on-planes-and-anti-flatulence-drugs-for-passengers

I am in Berlin Germany and after clicking link, I am told the EU forbids this web site. It's not first censorship either.

"Inhale at your own risk"

Korea bans passengers on Korean Air from eating kimchi prior to flights since the smell permeates the air with the stench. That's not even letting go with gas. The stench comes out of kimchi eaters pores. It is understandable trying to ban farting. But, some spices and vegetables cause gas.

When trying to end the gas release problem they could be better served by tracking down which airport food serveries are selling foods that causes gas.

The Nairobi lawmaker certainly has the right surname for this issue.

Simple: OFF with their asses!

Soon we will see instructions on pre-flight requirements for passengers similar to those that a doctor gives prior to a colonoscopy...

As off the wall as this appears, it does make sense.
We've all read or experienced incidents of pax poor hygiene, uncouthly acts, nose picking, toe nail clipping, belching, hair brushing, generally bad behavior.
Let's face it, in the absence of enforcement of the rules of civilized society, people regress into their most primitive behaviors.

"NO PASSING GAS, SNIFFER ABOARD THIS FLIGHT!"

How about fixing the fartasses that run the governments instead!

Its worse in the cockpit

She's in practice to become an American politician, pass worthless laws because their to stupid to do what they were elected for. I'm surprised she doesn't want to ban cows from flying too!

Next will be an end against belching. Make it a felony. :)

Lets see Kenya? Isn't that where one of our Presidents was from?

Then stop serving fresh fruit in the lounge and plane!

I can just picture The Rolling Stones doing a concert in that area is this farting around gets passed. Slight lyric arrangement on their part

"But it's all right now, in fact, it's just gas
But it's all right. I'm Jumpin' Lilian Flash
It's just gas, gas, gas"

pilot should fly at lower altitude to allow more fresh air into the craft.... this is what the real problem is....

Just raise the cabin pressure a little (lot?)... Problem solved! ;-)

Maybe they should hand out Beano or other meds before taking off or as part of the offerings on the cart...

Open the window for fresh air!

You’re not just imagining the farting among your fellow travelers. Studies have shown flatulence increases in the air. The Aerospace Medical Association says our body’s gas can expand 25%. “We know from physics that gas tends to expand inversely to pressure,” one doctor says. “Therefore, as we climb on a flight, the external pressure is progressively lower, and any gas trapped inside our body cavities will expand accordingly.” This includes the gas in your intestines, which can lead to bloating and the urge to break wind.

Activated charcoal "fart filters" in the seat cushions (as are found in many cars) would help clear the air.

This is the same country where people murder albinos and where people think there's gold inside the skulls of bald men and kill them to get it, so compared to those, this idea is pretty tame.

You young'uns should Google George Carlin's bit about the guy with a perfect diet all his life who one day eats something different and farts for the first time in his life. "I can't come in to work today." "Why not?" "There's air coming out of me! In spurts!"

I usually take a huge dump to get rid of the massive lump of digested waste of gassing malodorous stench in my large bowel and thence erupting from my back door. It work wonders. Since experiencing one in the QANTAS lounge in Shanghai I’ve had a Royalet Electronic bidet. Apart from washing it has an enema function to cleanse the final pieces in the bowel. I was told by the supplier that RAAF fighter pilots have them in their mess and installed at home by the Airforce. Long missions in anti g suits mean you must get rid of it all and it’s less weird than nappies.

And some people wonder why the west doesn't accept many countries' doctors as being "real" doctors when they emigrate.

I assume Dr Gogos is not a medical doctor and knows little or nothing about altitude physiology. Strongly concur with previous comment about her practicing to be an American politician in a politically correct city.

Maybe she’s full of it?

Where is the greatest pollution in the world? Seat cushions.

PFFFT

It's too much intake of protein that actually causes gas, so you can add meat and dairy to the list of causes.

I wont be surprised if one of the many presidential challengers takes this on as well. Greenhouse gases....lol

This whole discussion is a gas!

Great, more government regulations

Hey America knows how to frack now, why not put a rubber tube in every seat and save fuel while we're at this nonsense. People best wake up in a hurry, a farting infidel isnt the problum in this world, its radical idiots who are to stupid to address the real issues in the world. The hell with all the starving people were flying over right now, the one next to me has no manners and just let one go. For God's sake people learn to take care of yourself, and when you become a Saint then come back and talk to us.

Can we get rid of crying babies at the same time? The change in air pressure is often what makes them cry.

Don't haul passengers that eat Skunks!!

It’s a great time to be a mouth-breather!