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Iceland Air FLT688 Divert To Kbos  
User currently offlineWF2BNN From Norway, joined Dec 2004, 103 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1457 times:

My parents are on Iceland Air Flight#688, I was tracking it and just noticed it has diverted to KBOS! Anyone have any info as to why the diversion occurred? Fuel sounds unlikely since it was almost in northern Maine.... MX?


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User currently offlinesasd209 From British Indian Ocean Territory, joined Oct 2007, 633 posts, RR: 0
Reply 1, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1446 times:

Medical emergency? Looks like they're already scheduled to leave in 30 min or so onto KEF..

User currently offlineWF2BNN From Norway, joined Dec 2004, 103 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1428 times:

I noticed that at flightaware. Half an hour must be a bit optimistic. Have not got a call from my parents yet, maybe they are not allowed to turn on their cells.


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User currently offlineWF2BNN From Norway, joined Dec 2004, 103 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1337 times:

Just got a hold of my parents on the phone. Diversion due to something with the toilet they said. They could see someone with something that looked like a vacuum up there. Why would they divert if only one toilet on a 757 is defect? Must cost a fortune!


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User currently offlineSRQKEF From Iceland, joined Jun 2011, 692 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1235 times:

I once diverted on FI 689 from KEF to SFB and landed at Gander because of winds. Never seen a diversion eastbound tho.


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User currently offlineHT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6472 posts, RR: 27
Reply 5, posted (1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 1224 times:		 Support Airliners.net - become a First Class Member!

Quoting WF2BNN (Reply 3):
Why would they divert if only one toilet on a 757 is defect?

You can't tell whether the toilet was just in'op or it was leaking any fluids into the cabin / into the fuselage.
While not prone to it, just imagine what a polar liquid with a fairly good conductivity (as water) can cause if it shortcuts an electrical circuit.

Potential bad smell would be another issue ...
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