'Urine Smell' Delays Dulles Flight Over 4 Hours

LOS ANGELES, CA — An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Dulles Airport was reportedly delayed more than four hours on Sunday for the smell of urine in the cabin. Dana Milbank, a columnist at the Washington Post who was on the flight, tweeted that the flight was delayed because the plane "smells like urine."

Milbank wrote that he had landed at LAX after a 14-hour international flight from Sydney, Australia.

"Urine-free plane now promised after 2.5 hour delay. Sarah Lee pound cake offered as consolation," Milbank tweeted.

An American Airlines spokesperson told Patch in an emailed statement that flight 2645 was delayed for four and a half hours due to a "cabin cleanliness issue."

"We brought in a new aircraft and be flight has since departed approximately 4.5 hours late," spokesperson Leslie Scott said in a statement. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience."

Milbank said passengers had to wait for a new captain before the plane could leave because the first pilot had hit his hours limit during the delay.

— Story by Patch Editor Feroze Dhanoa

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