BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhuanet) -- A New York man sued an airline 2 million U.S. dollars for having to hang out in the plane's bathroom for more than three hours, media reported Tuesday.

Gokhan Mutlu was told the flight was full when he arrived to check in for a jetBlue flight from San Diego to New York in February.

But a flight attendant agreed to give up her seat and travel in an airline employee "jump seat."

One and a half hours later into the flight, Mutlu was told to give up his seat and "hang out" in the bathroom for the remainder of the flight, because the flight attendant was uncomfortable.

The plaintiff was refused by the pilot to sit in the "jump seat," because only JetBlue employees were permitted to sit there, the lawsuit said.

When Mutlu expressed reluctance to go sit in the bathroom, the pilot told him that "he was the pilot, that this was his plane, under his command that (Mutlu) should be grateful for being on board," the lawsuit said.

Mutlu sat on the toilet seat without a seat belt when the airplane experienced turbulence at one point, causing him "tremendous fear," the lawsuit said.

JetBlue was not immediately available for comment.

(Xinhuanet)