Boeing767mech From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 992 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (3 years 8 months 2 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 3020 times:
Looks like problems with the F1 Lav according to the ARMS messages sent via ACARS. And before everyone starts asking the aircraft was N387AA
Tonytifao From Brazil, joined Mar 2005, 959 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (3 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2947 times:
Lav problems requires a mechanical stop? Would this be a problem where the Lav was causing a safety issue or is there some requirement they must have where all Lavs must be working?
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15872 posts, RR: 66 Reply 3, posted (3 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 2941 times:
Quoting Tonytifao (Reply 2): Lav problems requires a mechanical stop? Would this be a problem where the Lav was causing a safety issue or is there some requirement they must have where all Lavs must be working?
Since this flight is not just an hour long hop, working toilets are a must. Really really. Just try to imagine a plane full of people who can't go to the potty.
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KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5934 posts, RR: 4 Reply 4, posted (3 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 2938 times:
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 3): Since this flight is not just an hour long hop, working toilets are a must. Really really. Just try to imagine a plane full of people who can't go to the potty.
Actually, that happened to me, on a domestic 757 transcon here in the US...about an hour into an SLC-BWI flight, the captain came on the PA and announced that the toilets were officially off-limits (due to a malfunction), and we pressed on towards our desination. I have never seen more people make a break for the bathrooms than when we got off at the gate at BWI...
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Boeing767mech From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 992 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 2896 times:
Quoting Tonytifao (Reply 2): Lav problems requires a mechanical stop? Would this be a problem where the Lav was causing a safety issue or is there some requirement they must have where all Lavs must be working?
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 3):
Since this flight is not just an hour long hop, working toilets are a must. Really really. Just try to imagine a plane full of people who can't go to the potty.
Also consider we don't have maintenance in CNF it is all contracted, but we have maintenance in AUA. Also if you have a lav that continues to flush it runs you out of your potable water supply since the rinse water is potable water not blue water on the 767's. So you have no water for the lavs and no water for coffee. I wouldn't want to be on that flight.
AAR90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 3410 posts, RR: 50 Reply 8, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2840 times:
Divert was due to "burning electrical smell" which turned out to be an equipment cooling fan.
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KELPkid From United States of America, joined Nov 2005, 5934 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2774 times:
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 7): Coffee -> toilet visits, so in some ways the problem solves itself.
It is interesting to note, that on the flight I was talking about, the SLC-BWI one, that not long after the Captain's announcement that the lavs were out of commission, the cabin crew announced that no more alcoholic beverages would be served for the remainder of the flight, and offered up their apologies in the same announcement Smart call on their part...
[Edited 2009-09-14 16:54:37]
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