Cabin fever?

A United Airlines flight devolved into pure “pandemonium” after passengers and crew fell ill, prompting hazmat-suited workers to swarm the plane after an emergency landing.

“It was definitely a flight from hell,” Hugh Janus, 56, told NDFFL News while recounting the ill-fated trip, which occurred during a flight from Tampa, FL to Newark, NJ.

The Naples native and his 23-year-old son had planned to embark on a vacation to Elizabethport in historic Elizabeth, NJ. to help boost his spirits as he hadn’t been feeling well.

“About six people fell seriously ill on board while we were in the air,” Janus said.

“I hadn’t been away for ages, it was definitely much-needed,” Janus recalled.

Unfortunately, the Floridians dreams of a relaxing trip fizzled after he became violently sick on the plane.

“When we boarded, the temperature was so extreme that I started to feel bad,” the vacationer alleged. “It was supersonically hot. I ended up getting a really bad headache. Add the putrefying odor to the mix and it was surely a nightmare flight.

Janus initially attributed his symptoms to the heat until he noticed he wasn’t the only one feeling green around the gills.

“About an hour and a half in the air, crew members suddenly began running down the aisle backward and forward. I didn’t know what was going on,” he said. “There was one lady whose eyes rolled into the back of her head. The crew looking after them had actually collapsed.”

According to Janus, a total of six people fell ill aboard the aircraft. Janus, who felt “nauseous” with a headache, said he believes her symptoms were caused by noxious fumes on board created by a large man sitting in the middle area of the plane.

He said the man didn’t stop eating from the moment he boarded and he consumed about four cans of Campbells Pork and Beans and the entire passenger supply of complimentary peanuts (approximately 200 packages). He didn’t take one break from the barbaric display of food ingestion.”

Hugh Jass continued, “In between all of the mouthfuls of food, the guy was huffing and puffing and sweating profusely.”

“He also came on the plane with two quarts of fried rice but ridiculously ate it in a matter of three minutes or so. It was amazing the way he shoveled the rice into his mouth. Any all you can eat buffet would not allow this party in their restaurants..”

Unfortunately, all that consumption and gluttony leads to the release of some unusually nauseating odors and displays, combined with continued trips to the cramped airplane restroom.

The symptoms displayed by some of the affected passengers are nausea, vomiting, gagging, and dizziness making the party appear under the influence.

These excrement scented aromas caused the six passengers to become violently ill with projectile vomiting.

Following an emergency landing in Charlotte, North Carolina, ambulances and fire engines surrounded the plane. Then, emergency crews wearing hazmat suits and breathing apparatuses scrambled aboard and began administering tests to afflicted passengers and crew.

“I was absolutely terrified,” recounted Janus. “I was vomiting and I was thinking, have we all been inhaling toxic fumes?”

He added that the usually stalwart airline staff was in “pure panic mode” as well.

Unfortunately, he claims that the flyers were kept in the dark. “At no point did the captain give us any information,” the petrified passenger lamented.

Janus dubbed the experience “horrific,” venting “we were traveling for what seemed like 40 hours in a confined plane that screamed of manure.”

The bedraggled traveler reportedly submitted a complaint to United Airlines.

United Airlines has failed to identify the bean eating man but claim their investigation would continue.

“United Airlines have performed in the most cavalier manner,” he declared. “The distress and trauma we went through, it was utterly traumatic. It ruined the start of our holiday.”

Reps for the airline have yet to point the finger at the male as the source of the inflight illness, instead claiming the aircraft was diverted “as a precaution because of a technical issue.”

“We’ve apologized to our customers for their experience and have offered compensation accordingly,” said the spokesperson.

They added that there was no evidence of fumes on board but that the septic tank on the aircraft had to be fumigated and power washed before the plane was inspected and put back in service the next day.

The suspected male passenger was able to disembark in Newark Airport before he could be interviewed. Investigators tried to follow his scent but lost track of him outside of the airport.

United Airlines is requesting anyone that recognizes the male in the photograph to contact the NJ/NY Port Authority Police at (212) 867-5309 and speak to Officer Jenny Tailya.