[release]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. [/release]
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Well shit, the technicians have a crap job. They must be pissed.
that's a quaint way to sabotage a plane, if it is sabotage, obviously
Nice news pun there, rated funny.
Also - that's quick waste disposal
What a shitty plane.
[QUOTE=EnenehV2;18566907]that's a quaint way to sabotage a plane, if it is sabotage, obviously[/QUOTE]
Would suck on an international flight.
Early airbuses use to do that all the time. My father use to tell me about how shitty they where that the toilets would back up or clog in flight quiet frequently.
They're pretty nice now though
[QUOTE=Agent766;18567311]Would suck on an international flight.[/QUOTE]
Because it's a vacuum toilet. :buddy:
Terrorist poop.
It's fun to get the roll of toilet paper and flush the end of it. It's cool to see all the paper fly down.
:iiam:
Imagine if you needed to take a piss, real bad, and the guy before you had explosive Diarrhoea.
keyword: explosive
[QUOTE=ashxu;18579489]Imagine if you needed to take a piss, real bad, and the guy before you had explosive Diarrhoea.[/QUOTE]
II'd rather not
[QUOTE=MachiniOs;18566814]Well shit, the technicians must have a shit job. They must be pissed.[/QUOTE]
Good post, but the pun was a little forced.
[QUOTE=3com111;18568507]It's fun to get the roll of toilet paper and flush the end of it. It's cool to see all the paper fly down.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.wimp.com/airplanetoilet[/url]
[QUOTE=archangel125;18580530]Good post, but the pun was a little forced.[/QUOTE]
I just realised, i meant to put crap in but i was tired.
I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane
the brown ones
its a new form of terrorism
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