[Simon Green]

Sad story.

[cherry]

wonder how those passengers who complained feel now, this "smelly " passenger actually dying...

the smell of rotting flesh is not pleasant...try being a nurse in a hospital....but I feel they treated this passenger dis respectively...

they allow smelly dogs and pigs on planes but smelly humans are a no go...

[sargon]

The 58-year-old reportedly had contracted an infection while on vacation in the Canary Islands that caused his body tissue to die, resulting in the odor.

Necrosis—the death and decay of body tissue—is just about the worst thing that can happen to a person, at least if it's not isolated.

It's what happened to Bo Jackson's hip tissue after a severe injury caused by a violent sideline tackle, ultimately forcing his retirement from the NFL...

[dadfly]

don’t get sick in a socialist country.

[Delta 21]

I told you a$$holes I was sick!

[cpdiii]

I would suspect flesh eating bacteria. Even with modern medical care, death is common. Poor guy.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

John Candy (Plane, Trains, Automobiles): "My Dogs Are Barking".
 

[LadyDoc]

These infections can spread quickly if you have diabetes, HIV or other medical problems.
That might be why they did not notice the odor when he boarded the plane.
He should have sought local medical care, but didn't realize the infection was serious.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Realizing the unsanitary condition of many commercial aircraft interiors, what level of risk did the neighboring passengers experience?

[faithhopecharity]

Very very sad. Worst vacation of his life

[metmom]

Bacterial infections can kill quick!

[mewzilla]

Wonder if it was Shewanella.

Let's hear it for socialized medicine and open borders.

[Getready]

Problem with his condition is that everything on the outside looks good...one symptom could be a deep pain in the necrosing tissue....I have a feeling that becuz he was on vacation he neglected to do intense followup. Very sad...we always think that bacterial infections will be controlled...but deep tissue infection can run away on us.

[GnuThere]

I’ve smelled this smell; it’s hideous. As I’ve gotten older my sense of smell is less acute, so occasionally that’s good. Poor man.
I was on a mission trip and saw a necrotic leg - other ppl were gagging and having to walk outside for air but I was fine.

[bgill]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

[Ikeon]

I once had to clean up a dead raccoon after a 4th of july weekend. it had electrocuted himself inside a 4kv breaker and sat there for 2-3 days in 100+ degree heat. We had to use air feed respirators . scrape scrape scrape. puke , scrape. So yes it can be bad.seems the airline should have stopped him at the gate. I doubt that smell suddenly showed up.

[circlecity]

In the past few months we’ve learned that public pools have a much larger amount of e-coli bacteria than thought and now we see that many natural bodies of water have dangerous germs that can kill you. Is there any place left where you can safely swim?