Jet2.com B738 near Cork on Aug 4th 2019, lavatory issues

Last Update: August 5, 2019 / 21:46:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jet2.com

Flight number
LS-167

Destination
Lanzarote, Spain

Aircraft Registration
G-JZBC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Jet2.com Boeing 737-800, registration G-JZBC performing flight LS-167 from Glasgow,SC (UK) to Lanzarote,CI (Spain), was enroute at FL360 about 90nm south of Cork (Ireland) when the aircraft turned around due to problems with the lavatories and diverted to Manchester,EN (UK) for a safe landing on runway 23R about one hour later.

A passenger reported toilets were leaking water flooding the aircraft.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Manchester to permit maintenance to service the toilets.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration G-GDFV reached Lanzarote with a delay of 3.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Jet2.com

Flight number
LS-167

Destination
Lanzarote, Spain

Aircraft Registration
G-JZBC

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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