Hong Kong flights toilet mystery

[Niels Bohr 72]

Cathay Pacific says its fleet of Airbus planes has been hit by a spate of mysterious toilet blockages.

The problem has been so serious that one flight from Riyadh had to land in Mumbai when the crew discovered none of the plane's 10 toilets were working.

In other cases, the number of passengers boarding flights had to be restricted because of toilet problems.

Airbus engineers are now fitting new toilet pipes to the airline's fleet and carrying out deep cleaning.

Cathay spokeswoman Carolyn Leung said although the exact cause of the blockages was unclear, passengers themselves may be partly to blame.

"You would be amazed what we find in the pipes when we clean the system - not just face towels but medicine bottles, socks, items of clothing and even children's stuffed toys," she said.

The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110km/h (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights.

Any blockage usually affects all the toilets on one side of an aircraft.

[Pooky 3,784]

Cathay Pacific says its fleet of Airbus planes has been hit by a spate of mysterious toilet blockages.

The problem has been so serious that one flight from Riyadh had to land in Mumbai when the crew discovered none of the plane's 10 toilets were working.

In other cases, the number of passengers boarding flights had to be restricted because of toilet problems.

Airbus engineers are now fitting new toilet pipes to the airline's fleet and carrying out deep cleaning.

Cathay spokeswoman Carolyn Leung said although the exact cause of the blockages was unclear, passengers themselves may be partly to blame.

"You would be amazed what we find in the pipes when we clean the system - not just face towels but medicine bottles, socks, items of clothing and even children's stuffed toys," she said.

The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110km/h (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights.

Any blockage usually affects all the toilets on one side of an aircraft.

Are Boeing employees being used to sabotage the toilets on Airbus flights?

With all the shenanigans over the B787, A350XWB and the USAF tanker procurement, could they sink that low?

Am I just taking the p*ss?

Or is this sh*t for real?

[mawilson 2,133]

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

maybe aj took another one of his monster dumps in that plane.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

maybe aj took another one of his monster dumps in that plane.

Warm (tepid actually) charles.

Doesn't seem like Cathay has investigated at all how many of those flights had been used for Singapore or India runs; the problem is not a mystery, and has long afflicted Air India (from Connies to Boeings to Airbusses)--passengers misusing the loos for disposal of sundry items.

[Nagishkaw 510]

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Edited November 26, 2009 by Nagishkaw