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Man on Flight to Louisiana Gets Stuck in the Bathroom
New Orleans, LA (KPEL News) – Fact is often stranger than fiction, and that’s certainly true in the story of the passenger on a flight from Utah to Louisiana who got stuck in the bathroom!
What’s more, it’s not the first time it’s every happened on a flight. Something similar happened on a flight from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany.
The man named Brent got up to use the mile-high facilities, leaving his wife and children to wait for him as they flew from Salt Lake City to New Orleans. His wife shared the whole crappy story on Reddit.
She begins the telling with:
On a recent Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to New Orleans, my husband, Brent, got up to use the bathroom, leaving me, my four year old and two year old in our row. No big deal, I knew I’d get my help with our two toddlers back in a jiffy.
She began to get antsy (and maybe a little peeved) when, ten minutes later, he still hadn’t returned to their seats and, she says, she heard one of the attendants say the word “stuck.”
And suddenly, it clicked. She was fairly certain it was her husband!
She watched as two female flight attendants attempted to yank the door open, to no avail. They asked a male passenger for help. He gave it his all, but the door wouldn’t budge.
The wife, at this point, is more concerned about the confined space in which her husband is stuck.
It had now been 20 minutes. Brent had been stuck in a 3.5 x 5ft pee and poop box for almost a half hour.
At that point, like a flying superhero (almost literally), the pilot comes out of the cockpit to join the rescue effort. The wife mentions in her post that his permission may have been necessary to potentially do damage to the door.
She remembers thinking:
Don’t ask me who was flying the plane.
The pilot begins pulling more forcefully and, with a kick to the door from her husband, the door blessedly opens. He was trapped in the airplane toilet for 35 minutes.
Another passenger captured the whole stinky event on video. The wife wasn’t going to make it public until:
Delta Air Lines asked that I wouldn’t share the videos a fellow passenger took for me on social media (I couldn’t leave my kids in their seats alone to take my own pictures/videos). But customer service wouldn’t even refund our, as you can imagine, terrible flights. So…here we are.
Hopefully, their landing in Louisiana was much less eventful and they had a wonderful experience when they got to The Bayou State.
So if you’re off in the wild blue yonder, check the toilet doors. That’s not a place anyone wants to be trapped.
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — Governor Landry has officially declared Louisiana under state of emergency.
The state emergency declaration covers Avoyelles, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Tammany and Terrebonne parishes.
The declaration was issued Thursday following the impacts of Tropical Storm Arthur, which brough rainfall and strong storms to parts of the state on June 17 and 18.
Officials said the National Weather Service has confirmed three tornadoes tied to the storm system.
Officials also reported record or near-record rainfall totals in Avoyelles and Pointe Coupee parishes over a 12-hour period.
The order allows the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to coordinate resources and provide assistance to local governments if needed.
Certain state purchasing and bidding requirements have been temporarily suspended to speed up emergency response efforts.
The declaration took effect immediately and will remain in place through July 18 unless it is lifted or extended.
State officials are urging residents to stay weather aware, avoid flooded roadways and follow guidance from local emergency managers.
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MONROE, La. (KNOE) – The North Louisiana Crime Lab released a June 2026 law enforcement bulletin warning of additional cases tied to cyclorphine, a synthetic opioid the lab says can be significantly more potent than fentanyl.
The bulletin, titled “Cyclorphine Update — Additional Cases & Footprint,” notes that drug evidence submissions testing positive for cyclorphine have been received from multiple parishes in North Louisiana.
What is cyclorphine?
According to the bulletin, cyclorphine is a synthetic opioid in the emerging orphine drug class. The lab said current toxicity data are limited, but laboratory studies indicate cyclorphine may be up to 10 times more potent than fentanyl.
Reported effects
The crime lab said cyclorphine can produce effects similar to other narcotic analgesics, including:
- Central nervous system depression
- Lethargy or stupor
- Respiratory depression with slow, shallow breathing
- Pinpoint pupils
The bulletin said Narcan should be administered to someone suffering from cyclorphine toxicity, and that multiple doses may be needed.
What the bulletin says about trends
The crime lab said national data indicate cyclorphine will likely continue spreading through the region, including becoming more common in seized and submitted drug evidence.
Where cyclorphine has been detected
The bulletin includes a “detection timeline and counterfeit tablet types,” showing evidence submissions tied to specific parishes and dates, including:
- Caddo Parish (Feb. 19; April 14)
- Ouachita Parish (March 18; May 13)
- DeSoto Parish (March 25)
- Natchitoches Parish (May 14)
The lab also noted counterfeit pill types associated with these submissions, including tablets labeled “M30,” “M15,” “K56,” “1259,” and “M367.” Officials warned it may be impossible to know what a pill contains, even if it resembles a known tablet.
The North Louisiana Crime Lab said it will continue tracking trends and sharing updates as additional evidence is submitted.
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