Austrian B772 near Amsterdam on Apr 17th 2023, lavatory blues

Last Update: April 18, 2023 / 16:15:23 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-89

Aircraft Registration
OE-LPA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration OE-LPA performing flight OS-89 from Vienna (Austria) to Newark,NJ (USA), was enroute at FL360 about 60nm northwest of Amsterdam (Netherlands) over the North Sea when the crew decided to turn around and return to Vienna. The aircraft landed safely on Vienna's runway 34 about 90 minutes later.

A passenger reported the crew announced a problem with the lavatories prompting them to return to Vienna. The aircraft landed back without further incident, the flight was subsequently cancelled.

On Apr 18th 2023 the airline reported five of eight toilets were defective as result of a problem with the vacuum system clogging the toilets.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2023

Classification
Incident

Flight number
OS-89

Aircraft Registration
OE-LPA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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