Airline passenger scares fellow travelers with his choice of a controversial meal during the flight

Sometimes the only thing you can look forward to on a long flight is the meal, but one man thinks hunger pangs should be ignored – even on long flights.

“I strongly believe that people who eat on flights should be locked up for 10 days,” says TikTok user Zavier Torrence explained in a video.

‘Because why do we eat a TUNA MELT during a flight?!’ he wrote in the caption for the clip, which showed himself on a plane, holding his nose and looking disgusted.

While many users agreed that eating smelly food is a big no when traveling, most drew the line at not eating at all.

“I have a 10 hour flight coming up… you expect people not to eat on a flight???” wrote one shocked passenger.

‘Yes, I’m eating. Just no tuna melt,” another agreed.

‘Food is fine. Strong smelling food is a CRIME. WHAT DO YOU MEAN A TUNA MELT?’ another came in angrily.

‘I fly a lot and I understand people need food, but damn, please pass on hard-boiled eggs, sushi and onions. It should be a crime,” someone else wrote.

Zavier Torrence believes that hunger pangs should be ignored, even on long-haul flights

‘If the flight takes longer than six hours, you may get hungry. What’s wrong with it?’ another person asked.

Most people agreed that there was nothing wrong with eating on a plane, but did agree that tuna was a devilish choice in a small, enclosed space.

In September, a TikTok user named Ally went viral after sharing her less desirable seatmate opening a can of tuna on a flight to Seattle.

“Canned tuna on the plane has to be at the top when it comes to crimes against humanity,” she captioned the seven-second video she posted online.

In a follow-up segment, she explained that the passenger only got worse as the flight went on.

“It wasn’t just the tuna,” she said. “This guy was literally in the textbook of someone you wouldn’t want to sit next to on a plane.”

Ally reported that she was immediately hit with “a wall of smell” when she sat down.

She said she gave him the benefit of the doubt until he regurgitated the tuna “not even 10 minutes after the flight took off.”

‘Because why do we eat a TUNA MELT during a flight?!’ he wrote in the caption for the video, which showed himself on a plane, holding his nose and looking disgusted

Most users said they were looking forward to their mid-flight meal (stock image)

While many users agreed that eating smelly food is a big no when traveling, most drew the line at not eating at all

“So he has the can of tuna and he also has a roll of Ritz crackers and he makes himself little messed up tuna hors d’oeuvres,” she recalled.

She said he also ordered a strong-smelling Bloody Mary and also picked at a scab.

All American-based airlines allow most foods on the plane, regardless of their odor – with the exception of liquid-based foods above the 3.4 ounce limit imposed by the TSA.

A survey published last year by travel website Kayak found that 92 percent of people agreed that you shouldn’t bring strong-smelling food on a plane.

Canned fish was one of the biggest offenders, according to 89 percent of respondents.