The wiltingly awkward moment was captured on video after a couple had been caught occupying a plane's toilet.
The passengers in matching jumpers were caught red handed on the United Airlines flight, after a line of impatient passengers took up waiting for the bathroom.
First a man emerged, followed by a woman, as they scuttled down the plane aisle – avoiding eye-contact with the women and cabin crew who had been positioned outside the locked door.
![At one point, a flight attendant could be heard asking a waiting passenger, 'You're still here?' Photo / Supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/DHUADPI6BYCVDKBTDUNQ3USTPQ.jpg?auth=95c7e1816dffbce09ae4ffc4b12e9e907c5ac16bda138ac3fa4713daf3a8f978&width=16&height=22&quality=70&smart=true)
"I've been on a lot of flights," wrote the US volleyball player Stafford Slick who filmed the excruciatingly awkward scene, "but this is a first!"