American A332 near Manchester on Sep 15th 2015, cabin flooded from lavatory
Last Update: September 16, 2015 / 11:30:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 15, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
US-705
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Charlotte, United States
Aircraft Registration
N279AY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
A passenger reported fresh water leaked from lavatory L38 (located at the left hand side of the cabin just forward of the L3 door, between seat rows 21 and 23) and flooded the cabin. The captain announced, that he decided to not enter Oceanic Airspace with this problem, they were burning off fuel to get below maximum landing weight. The aircraft entered a hold for about 2 hours with speed brakes extended, the aircraft subsequently diverted to London Heathrow. After landing a technician boarded the aircraft, according to announcements closed a shut off valve, the water was removed from the cabin using an industrial cleaner and the aircraft was released to continue the flight.
The airline confirmed the aircraft was burning off fuel and diverted to London Heathrow due to a water leak.
The occurrence aircraft departed London Heathrow after about 3:15 hours on the ground and is now enroute to Philadelphia,PA (USA) for an intermediate stop due to crew duty time limitations before continuing on to Charlotte, where the aircraft is now estimated to arrive with a delay of 9.5 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 15, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
US-705
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Charlotte, United States
Aircraft Registration
N279AY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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