Posted on 08/31/2009 7:56:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
Bangladesh flight hits toilet jam
A Biman Bangladesh airlines flight from Dhaka to London was delayed by nearly 10 hours - because all five of the plane's toilets were blocked. The airline said staff took two hours to fix the problem, which had been caused by passengers trying to flush away paper cups and other rubbish.
The plane's departure was then further delayed to fit in with a night flight ban at Heathrow airport. A Biman official said there had been no mechanical fault with the aircraft.
'Passenger-created' Wing Commander Asaduzzaman, director of engineering at Biman, said most of the passengers on the flight had been Bangladeshis returning to London. It was a passenger-created problem. There was no mechanical fault
Wing Commander Asaduzzaman Biman airlines "The flight was delayed because of the toilet jam," he told the BBC. "Passengers threw bottles, cups, tissue papers and female sanitary napkins into all five toilets of the Biman aircraft. "This solid material blocked the toilets and there was a jumble in the pneumatic toilet suction system. It was a passenger-created problem.
There was no mechanical fault." Wing Commander Asaduzzaman said the toilets had been fixed two hours after the flight should have taken off at 1400 local time (0700 GMT).
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Sounds like there was a run on the toilets and everyone threw what ever they could find down them. Story doesn’t make any sense!
Your lunch today will be crumpets with a choice of margarine or toilet jam, both if you prefer.
turd world problems
Sounds like a translation error from the Democrat "Health Care is Good" manual.
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