Clogged toilets force Austrian Airlines flight return
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The crew decided to turn around after finding the toilets could not be flushed properly due to a technical problem.
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VIENNA – An Austrian Airlines plane had to return two hours into a flight from Vienna to New York – after five of eight toilets broke down.
Some 300 people were on board Monday’s Boeing 777 flight, which was to set to last eight hours.
The crew decided to turn around after finding the toilets could not be flushed properly due to a technical problem, a spokesman for the airline told AFP on Tuesday.
She said that such a problem had not occurred in Austrian Airlines flights before.
The plane has already been fixed and is back in service, the spokesman added.
Affected passengers were rebooked on other flights. AFP
