Disgusting video appears to show sewage water leaking from the ceiling of America’s busiest airport on Monday.
The stomach-churning footage, taken by Jamaal Carlos Jr., shows the murky water exploding through a ceiling panel at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The gushing water stunned travelers who were trying to pass through the terminal.
Some even seemed to cover their noses in a desperate attempt to shield themselves from the putrid smell.
Carlos Jr. told 11 Alive the incident happened while he was waiting for his delayed flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Dallas, Texas.
‘As we’re waiting, we see water just pouring from the ceiling. It had been pouring consistently for maybe 10 to 15 seconds,’ he recounted.
‘And it just progressively got worse. The ceiling fell through and it stinks so bad.’
He added that he saw debris falling from the ceiling, and claimed it took about five to 10 minutes for crews to respond and rope off the area with yellow caution tape.
‘Even after it poured… I thought they would get buckets or do something, but people were walking through it,’ Carlos said.
Disgusting video appears to show sewage water leaking from the ceiling of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday
Eventually, airport officials rerouted everyone in an effort to avoid the area, and the Lower North Checkpoint was temporarily closed, according to Fox 5.
‘It’s crazy,’ Carlos said. ‘So they moved our gate… we were just so close to it, so they moved us a little bit further, but you could still smell it two or three gates down.’
Airport officials say they are now investigating what may have caused the leak.
‘The affected area has been contained and remediation crews are actively working to clean and sanitize the space,’ a spokesperson for the airport told 11 Alive.
He added that customer service representatives are rerouting passengers around the area ‘to ensure minimal disruption’ and emergency medical crews were deployed as a precaution.
‘There is no impact to overall airport operations,’ the spokesman said.