broken toilet

[Dave (imported)]

>>What is there to say other than "wait your turn" or "hold it"... ???

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Flight delayed 3 hours by broken toilet

Monday, March 07, 2011

By Jon Schmitz, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A Continental Airlines flight to Houston from Pittsburgh International Airport was delayed by nearly three hours this morning because of a broken toilet.

Rick Stouffer, editor of Gas Business Briefing, an Internet publication, said passengers had boarded for a scheduled 8:15 a.m. departure but were told the jet could not leave because of "problems with the first-class lavatory."

He said the crew later elaborated that it was a backed-up toilet and said no plunger could be found in the airport, so someone had to be sent off the grounds to buy one -- a claim later disputed by an airline spokeswoman.

"We don't use plungers," Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark said this afternoon. "The onboard lavatories are really mechanical in nature."

She said she did not know the exact nature of the problem but said the maintenance crew in Pittsburgh was unable to fix it, so the lavatory was closed and the plane took off. There were two other lavatories in coach, Ms. Clark said.

Passengers were allowed off the plane after about an hour and waited out the delay in the terminal, Mr. Stouffer said.

"How in the world can you have hundreds of toilets in an airport and no plunger?" he asked.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11066/11 ... z1FxV9W2A7

[Batman (imported)]

Well at least the Airport mall is a nice place to wait if you are stuck there. Still a shame its now closed to the general public since 9/11 (mall areas are by the gates past the security check).

[Dave (imported)]

One might say it was a "Potty Break" ...

yes, the plane had a "Potty Break"

I was on plane yesterday and the strangest thing happened, it was delayed due to a "Potty Break"

The pilot?

No!

the mechanic?

No! the plane had a potty break.

Number one or number two...