A BOEING Pilot was forced to make a return to the airport after a foul smell from a broken toilet filled the entire cabin.
United Airlines flight 59, scheduled to reach San Francisco, circled over the North Sea before getting back to the Frankfurt airport.
Soon after taking off from Frankfurt, passengers onboard the aircraft reported a “foul” smell coming from the toilets.
After an inspection, the cabin crew found that one of the toilets in the seven-year-old plane was defective, the Bild reports.
Passengers also reported that the contents of the waste tank overflowed and entered the cabin, making the situation worse.
The aircraft apparently made contact with the ground engineers, hoping they could help fix the problem, while the aircraft kept circling over the North Sea.
After the technicians could not find a solution for the ongoing flight, the pilots of the Boeing 777 decided to make a return to Frankfurt airport, saving the passengers from a traumatic experience.
A spokesperson for United Airlines told The Sun: “On Friday, March 29, United Flight 59 returned to Frankfurt following a maintenance issue with one of the aircraft’s lavatories.”
The passengers were provided with hotel accommodations overnight in Frankfurt – and were rebooked on a different flight to San Francisco the next day, the spokesperson added.
It comes after another flight operated by United Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Upstate New York in a turbulence incident.
At least 22 people aboard a Boeing 787-10 Dreamline were injured after experiencing “extreme turbulence” mid-air.
Seven people – of 312 passengers – were rushed to hospital upon the plane’s arrival while another 15 were treated on site for injuries sustained during the flight, according to New Windsor EMS.
Source: https://www.the-sun.com/news/10957335/united-airlines-boeing-forced-return/