A United Airlines flight to San Francisco was diverted on Friday because the toilet in the Boeing 777's cabin overflowed.
United Flight 59 had departed from Frankfurt, Germany, and was forced to return about two hours into the flight as the human waste and foul stench filled the cabin.
United told The Hill that the crappy situation was due to a “maintenance issue with one of the aircraft’s lavatories.”
Passengers onboard the flight were given hotel accommodations and flown to San Francisco on Saturday.
The Hill reports:The incident is the latest to hit Boeing, with the company still reeling after a door plug blowout in January led to a federal investigation into quality control and concerns over safety with its aircraft.
It also follows a series of safety incidents with United flights, after two bird strikes by aircraft last week, causing diversions and delays but no injuries. Another United flight left seven people injured due to turbulence last week. Earlier this year, a tire fell off a United plane during takeoff from San Francisco.
United also asked certain pilots to take unpaid leave due to overstaffing Monday, citing delays in aircraft deliveries from Boeing caused by the mass safety inspections.
The aircraft with the overflow problem was put back into service on Sunday.
