Flight forced to land in Mineralnye Vody over toilet failure
A plane flying from Nizhny Novgorod to Antalya, Turkey, made a forced landing in Minnye Vody due to broken toilets — 155 passengers on the flight could not relieve themselves.
Consensus
- The flight was from Nizhny Novgorod to Antalaya.
- The flight made an emergency landing in Mineralnye Vody.
- All toilets on board failed shortly after takeoff.
- There were 155 passengers and six crew members on board.
- The landing was conducted safely without incidents.
- The aircraft was removed from service after landing.
- A replacement aircraft was sent from Moscow after eight hours.
- The incident occurred on the day before 3 September.
Points of divergence
- The aircraft was an Airbus A320 with registration RA-73168. — fontanka
- The pilots did not declare urgency or distress signals. — fontanka
- The passengers 'stoutly endured the ordeal' and no unpleasant incidents occurred. — vm
- A previous incident involving a Superjet 100 was mentioned, where a man caused a flood by breaking a toilet faucet, resulting in one million rubles in damage. — vm
- The crew assessed the situation as critical and informed air traffic controllers. — riamo
Coverage (4 sources)
- Patience snapped. A plane with broken toilets was forced to land in Minvody — Фонтанка
- 155 people could not relieve themselves: plane landed in Minводы due to toilet malfunction — РИАМО
- Plane made forced landing in Minводы due to broken toilets — Вести
- Shot: Plane forced to land in Mineralnye Vody due to broken toilets — Вечерняя Москва