United flight to San Francisco diverted after odor fills cabin

Fox Budiness ^ | 4.1.2024 | Landon Mion

[libh8er]

A United Airlines flight was forced to turn around when the contents of a broken toilet poured into the aircraft's cabin.

United Flight 59 took off from Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday afternoon and was headed for San Francisco, California, before it had to reverse course a couple of hours into the flight, according to German news outlet Bild.

The contents of at least one of the toilets overflowed from the tank.

The Boeing 777 circled over the North Sea as the flight crew attempted to figure out if the problem could be resolved before it was eventually flown back to Frankfurt.

"On Friday, March 29, United Flight 59 returned to Frankfurt following a maintenance issue with one of the aircraft’s lavatories," a spokesperson for United Airlines told the U.S. Sun.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’d rather take one of those Intercontinental railroads that Obama talked about.

[Responsibility2nd]

The contents of at least one of the toilets overflowed from the tank.

Makes perfect sense. A flight going to the Toilet by the Bay.

[BigEdLB]

I saw the title, and saw “San Francisco”, and thought Nancy had an “accident”.

[ConservativeMind]

Who hasn’t left an odor on a plane? Raise your hand.

[V_TWIN]

Taco Bell really should be banned from air travel.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They should have dropped their oxygen masks and held on until they were over “The Sidewalks of San Francisco” starring Karl Malden where they could have dumped their tanks.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

No longer allowed to eject blue-ice over the channel?
That’s a shame

[SaveFerris]

(those Intercontinental railroads that Obama talked about.)

I’ll bet there were idiots applauding too

So intelligent is he - Inspiring! 🤣🤣🤣

[Robert DeLong]

The contents of at least one of the toilets overflowed from the tank.

Well, I was on the right track. My initial thought was a group fart was released. How does what actually happened, even happen? Everyone must have waited until they boarded the plane and had ascended into the clouds.

[Carriage Hill]

Hells bells, I don't SMELL!

[Red Badger]

Stinky Aviation Ping!......................

[gathersnomoss]

Bwahahaha.

[libh8er]

That, or the toilet had an ongoing problem that SFO maintenance should have fixed before the plane left SFO. Plane was returning after a round trip.

[Navy Patriot]

The contents of at least one of the toilets overflowed from the tank.

This was probably a service povided by United to acclimatize passengers to San Francisco's city aroma.

[null and void]

"when the contents of a broken toilet poured into the aircraft's cabin"

This is the captain speaking, "No extra charge for a preview of 'The Streets of San Fransisco'...

[Bob434]

hmmm- Was it fresh air that they objected to?

[rlmorel]

I thought Biden flew in AF1?

[Robert DeLong]

Well, that would have been Germany's task wouldn't it?

United Flight 59 took off from Frankfurt, Germany, on Friday afternoon and was headed for San Francisco, California, before it had to reverse course a couple of hours into the flight, according to German news outlet Bild.

[butlerweave]

The Oder was just to acclimatize them to San Francisco