Soft Coverage of the Week: Air India
“Air India is urging travelers to “use lavatories only for purposes they are meant for” after a flight to Delhi returned to Chicago due to eight of its 12 toilets becoming clogged.
Air India AI126 was about five hours into its flight from Chicago to Delhi last Wednesday when the decision was made to return to Chicago as a result of the eight clogged toilets.
Once the plane landed, workers discovered the clogs had been caused by flushed items including plastic bags, rags and clothing items.
An Air India spokesperson said in a statement provided to The Times of India that the airline wishes to “urge passengers to use lavatories only for purposes they are meant for.”
The spokesperson said the Chicago flight was only the latest in a series of toilet-clogging incidents on the carrier’s Boeing 777s. They said employees previously addressed toilet clogs caused by “blankets, innerwear and diapers, among other waste.””
It’s about time someone came out and said it. Come on guys, we can’t flush our luggage down the toilets on the airplane. Sometimes you gotta vocalize it. And that is exactly what Air India did in a statement after passengers clogged the plumbing on a flight from Chicago to Delhi last week.
Incredible story - and what makes it even better is that this seems to be a repeated offense on Air India flights. Are folks culturally bound by this practice? Anyways - the leadership team over at the airline has to sit down and watch the film because the defense they’re running right now ain’t stopping this shit.
But you’ve got to start somewhere - even if it’s reminding folks what toilets are meant for.