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Toilet mystery on Cathay Pacific flights to Hong Kong

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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.

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Cathay Pacific says its fleet of Airbus planes has been hit by a spate of mysterious toilet blockages.
Cathay spokeswoman Carolyn Leung said although the exact cause of the blockages was unclear, passengers themselves may be partly to blame.

If this was only happening to Cathay Pacific, I would tend to look at the employees, not the passengers. Even though many "odd" things have been found in the pipes, if this were the passengers more air carriers that fly the Airbuses would have the same problems. IMHO, my guess would be either the maintenance procedures used by Cathay Pacific, or possibly even a disgruntled maintenance worker, it happens.

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Reply#1 - Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:10 AM EST
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