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Newspaper was laid down to soak up the mess

Amrita said a flight attendant ‘almost gagged’ when he opened the toilet door

Jet Airways stressed that the water did not contain any human waste (Picture: Amrita Jaurre)

There are two things you shouldn’t have to put up with on a plane: Crying babies and a vile stench from the toilets.

But Amrita Jaurre claims she and her fellow passengers were subjected to a ‘foul urine-like smell’ during an eight-hour flight.

The 27-year-old office worker said she noticed water overflowing from the lavatories and spilling out into the cabin on the Jet Airways flight from Delhi to London.

She told MailOnline Travel: ‘After two hours, myself and other passengers noticed water seeping out from under the two lavatories closest to our seats.

‘We complained to the air steward who took no notice at first but once the overflow become more obvious, he realised we were not over exaggerating.

‘He then told us that the water was overflowing from the toilet and sink in both lavatories, so you can imagine the smell that we then had to endure for the remainder of the flight.’

She added: ‘It was quite difficult to tell whether the liquid contained human waste, but it would not surprise me. The liquid overflowing from the lavatories definitely had a foul urine-like smell.’

The passenger claims people were covering their mouths and an air steward ‘almost gagged’ when he opened the toilet door.

Flight attendants put down newspaper to soak up the water – which Jet Airways stressed did not contain any human waste.

A Jet Airways spokesperson said: ‘Jet Airways regrets any inconvenience caused to guests on board flight 9W122 DEL – LHR dt., Feb 15, 2015, on account of reverse drainage from the sinks on board the aircraft.

‘As per our investigation, the overflow was only of water from the sink. All human waste is carried by separate system and lines which functioned normally during the flight.’