There's No Opening a Window: Inside the Air Canada Flight That Smelled Like a Leaking Toilet

Crew on a Washington to Montreal flight reported a smell they called nauseating, and it eventually reached the pilots.

by Zachary Benitez

Sep 18, 2026

3 min read

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Zachary Benitez

Zach Benitez is the editor in chief of Contrail. He has reviewed airlines in more than 50 countries and flies hundreds of thousands of miles a year to show readers what flying is really like. He's based in New York and studies at NYU.

There's No Opening a Window: Inside the Air Canada Flight That Smelled Like a Leaking Toilet

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