Sewage flows down aisles of trans-Atlantic flight
 

WOW


http://www.king5.com/topstories/stor....1cc511cf.html

Thanks for the link. Discussion on this topic here:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=703775

This appears to be flight discussed in this thread.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=703775

And there was even an FT'er on-board who posted with his/her experiences. Didn't mention anything about an overflowing toilet though...

Sounds horrible.

Wow...a 737 AMS-EWR. Horrors.

How unfortunate for everyone involved. I have never heard of toilets overflowing into the cabin. Don't they have the ability to expel waste from the plane during a flight?

(if he is not going to use his voucher I wonder if he is going to give it away?)
"Continental gave Collin a $500 voucher for a future flight for the inconvenience. He says he's not sure he'll ever use it. "
:D

That was my first thought too! :D

Gotta love those 757's
 

Sewage flows down aisles of trans-Atlantic flight

10:55 PM PDT on Tuesday, June 19, 2007

By RAY LANE / KING 5 News



"I was more nervous than I had ever been on a flight," said passenger Collin Brock. UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash.– Passengers on a Continental Airlines flight had to hold their noses for hours as sewage overflowed from toilets while they were high over the Atlantic.

"To be blatantly honest, I was more nervous than I had ever been on a flight," said Collin Brock. The University Place man was on board Continental Airlines flight 1970 from Amsterdam to Newark, New Jersey last week when things went bad.

"I've never felt so offended in all my life. I felt like i had been physically abused and neglected. I was forced to sit next to human excrement for seven hours," said Brock.

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Sewage flows from toilet on trans-Atlantic flight
That's after lavatories - in the middle of a flight filled with passengers - started spewing sewage.

"Sickening. It's a nauseating smell. It's very uncomfortable," said Brock.

It was last Wednesday afternoon when his flight left Amsterdam, but roughly two hours into it, the passengers were told the lavatories were out of commission. An unplanned landing in Shannon, Ireland was made to fix the problem.

A pit stop became an overnight stay. The next day, the same plane headed for its original destination of Newark, New Jersey, but just after takeoff, the sewage overflow began. This time, there was no turning around.

"I don't know how you can say a plane needs to be grounded one day for a problem that's not as major as a problem the next day, and it doesn't qualify for being grounded," said Brock.

He says was there was one half-working restroom on the plane for the more than 200 people onboard.

He also says the flight attendants - who were serving meal service in a stinky, unappetizing cabin - told everyone to not eat or drink too much.

"To be told that we were supposed to monitor what comes out the other end of us was insulting," said Brock. "Shame on continental. It was the worst flight experience I have ever had."

Continental gave Collin a $500 voucher for a future flight for the inconvenience. He says he's not sure he'll ever use it.

if the passenger is scared of being on a long flight with sewage again, he should use the voucher for a short flight. the $500 will almost get him from newark (EWR) to boston (BOS) and it's only a 40 minute flight each way. ;)

What type of plane was this? The FT'er on board said there were six lavs on board but other people are saying 737(no way) and 757. By the way I remember reading that the 757 were getting larger lav tanks. Did they all yet?

I would be p!ssed, but sh!t happens.

I would sit through almost anything for a $500 voucher.

The plane pictured seems to be a 767.

http://www.king5.com/images/slideshow/pooh/images/f.JPG

Interesting that "pooh" is in the news website URL. :D

:D

I guess the famous "stink shield" would have really come in handy this time. :p

LOL ! Maybe the StinkShield (TM) should be incorporated into Continental's marketing campagin.

"Continental. We still have pillows, blankets. We still have the StinkShield (TM). The other airlines don't"

In all seriousness, this was an unfortunate problem, clearly a fluke. Lucky for Continental it appears as if the bulldog New York media did not pick up on this incident. Otherwise, they might have suffered a jetBlue-like smear campaign (no pun intended)....