She Was Relieved Her Flight Was Landing. Then Her Seatmate Pointed Out Something Disgusting (Exclusive)

• Noelia Voigt was unexpectedly vomited connected mid-flight and near without due cleaning supplies, prompting her to stock her acquisition successful a now-viral TikTok

• Delta's archetypal effect included napkins to cleanable up and a tiny connection of SkyMiles compensation, she says

• Voigt is present calling for airlines to amended hole for biohazard incidents in-flight

A Delta formation from Washington, D.C., to New York City’s JFK Airport was meant to beryllium a speedy travel — but for 1 woman, it ended up turning into her worst nightmare.

Noelia Voigt recounts her acquisition successful a now-viral TikTok, describing the infinitesimal she was unexpectedly projectile vomited connected by a antheral seated down her. She begins the viral clip by saying, “I request to vent. A miss adjacent to maine and myself conscionable got projectile vomited on, connected a Delta flight.”

Speaking with PEOPLE astir the traumatic experience, Voigt explains, “I archetypal smelled thing weird — it was similar idiosyncratic burped aft drinking beer.” Initially dismissing the odor arsenic an inconvenience, she soon realized the gravity of the concern erstwhile her seatmate tapped her arm.

“She gestured to herself and past pointed astatine me,” Voigt said. “That’s erstwhile I saw it ... each implicit her hood and my near side.”

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The vomit, which Voigt believes was propelled by insignificant turbulence during descent, had arched implicit their seats, landing connected some women and their belongings. "Instead of this antheral vomiting down toward his feet, helium did 1 of these," she explains, mimicking a guardant motion.

Voigt describes the aftermath arsenic surreal. "We were virtually minutes distant from landing ... we couldn't conscionable leap up due to the fact that the level had conscionable landed and they accidental you can't basal up portion they're taxing to the gate."

Forced to beryllium successful their soiled apparel for respective minutes, Voigt and her seatmate pressed the formation attendant telephone fastener doubly earlier receiving assistance.

“When they came over, they lone brought america cocktail napkins to cleanable ourselves up. No gloves, nary wipes — nothing," she says.

The deficiency of capable cleaning supplies near Voigt scrambling for solutions erstwhile she deplaned. "We were sitting determination with afloat realization of the information that we person this man's vomit each implicit us," she says.

Voigt described feeling humiliated and dehumanized by the deficiency of care. “This was a biohazard. We were covered successful idiosyncratic else’s bodily fluids with nary existent help.”

Making matters worse, Voigt’s carry-on container — which contained a alteration of apparel — had been checked astatine the gate. “Had I been allowed to support my bag, I could’ve changed immediately," she says. Instead, she had to acquisition caller apparel astatine JFK Airport and transportation her vomit-stained overgarment successful a trash container provided by a Michael Kors store.

Voigt expresses vexation not conscionable with the incidental itself but with Delta’s effect afterward. When she reached retired to the airline’s lawsuit work team, she was initially offered 3,000 SkyMiles arsenic compensation.

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Displeased with their offer, she decided to escalate her complaint. Delta accrued their connection to 20,000 miles, but Voigt remains unsatisfied. “This wasn’t spilled soda; this was biohazard exposure,” she emphasizes.

While Voigt doesn’t blasted the rider — whom she believes was intoxicated — she does clasp Delta accountable for their handling of the aftermath.

“Delta prides itself connected lawsuit work and safety,” she says. “But they dropped the shot here. We weren’t fixed due cleaning supplies oregon immoderate resources aft being exposed to biohazard. This is my archetypal atrocious acquisition with them ever."

When reached by PEOPLE, a typical for Delta said, "We promote the lawsuit to scope retired to Delta truthful we tin travel up with a resolution."

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Voigt hopes her communicative volition punctual airlines to amended their preparedness. “Planes should ever beryllium stocked with vomit bags, gloves, wipes — basal essentials,” she says.

Despite everything, she has maintained a consciousness of wit astir the ordeal. “If I don’t laughter astir it, I’ll cry,” she admits. But 1 happening is certain: this acquisition has everlastingly changed however she approaches aerial travel.

Voigt present has a pre-flight regular that includes wearing protective layers and packing essentials to defender against worst-case scenarios.

As Voigt continues to process what happened — and considers escalating her ailment further — she remains committed to sharing her communicative successful hopes of helping others debar akin experiences. She notes, “I conscionable don’t privation anyone other to spell done what I went through.”

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