British Airways passenger claims he was forced to sit in a urine-soaked seat for 11 hours

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August 22, 2017 6:58 PM

A British Airways passengers spent $1,500 on a ticket only to reportedly sit on someone else's urine for 11 hours.

British Airways Boeing 747-400.

Airplane seats aren't cleaned as often as most of us would like them to be, but one passenger claims his experience took it to the extreme.

Andrew Wilkinson, a 39-year-old IT consultant, told the Sun he was forced to sit in a damp, urine-stained seat on a British Airways flight from London to South Africa.

Wilkinson that when he alerted BA cabin crew, he was given wet wipes and asked to clean it up himself.

However, the wet wipes weren't enough to overcome the urine, Wilkinson then asked to be moved to business class, but the cabin crew could not accommodate his request, according to the report.

As a result, Wilkinson said he was forced to spend the 11-hour flight sitting on a blanket that he claims also got soaked in urine.

In a statement to Business Insider, British Airways wrote:

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