A Flight with 85 Plumbers Was Forced to Return to the Airport

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-30-18, 11:32 PM

The reason? Toilet problems. That's right a flight with 85 plumbers working for the Rørkjøp plumbing company where unable to fix the toilet trouble. I think the guys at whatever Norway's version of OSHA would of flipped out if they did it when the plane was still in the air!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...9XD?li=BBnbfcL

GoldenRivet · 01-31-18, 12:39 AM

It is rare that a flight with toilet troubles will cancel or return to the departure airport. unless the flight is longer than a couple of hours. then it becomes an issue.

the irony of the story is great though

Obltn Strand · 01-31-18, 04:08 AM

I have worked as plumber, pipefitter and welder for over twenty years now and I don't have a clue how aeroplane toilet operates. Probably general operation is same but it is the little things which causes catastrophes...

Jimbuna · 01-31-18, 07:16 AM

So nobody on the plane ended up flushed with success.

vienna · 01-31-18, 02:18 PM

If it was a typical group of plumbers, they probably had to go back to go back to the shop to get parts...all while on the clock...

<O>

August · 01-31-18, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

So nobody on the plane ended up flushed with success.

Yep their reputation as Plumbers has gone down the toilet.

em2nought · 02-04-18, 03:03 PM

Howard Wolowitz probably designed the blasted thing.

Jimbuna · 02-05-18, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Yep their reputation as Plumbers has gone down the toilet.

Touché

Sailor Steve · 01-31-18, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Obltn Strand

I have worked as plumber, pipefitter and welder for over twenty years now and I don't have a clue how aeroplane toilet operates. Probably general operation is same but it is the little things which causes catastrophes...

That's not surprising, since the standard aircraft toilet is self-contained chemical or vacuum operated and has no plumbing at all. I doubt that even someone who works on aircraft toilets could repair one while in flight.

01-30-18, 11:32 PM	#1
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	A Flight with 85 Plumbers Was Forced to Return to the Airport The reason? Toilet problems. That's right a flight with 85 plumbers working for the Rørkjøp plumbing company where unable to fix the toilet trouble. I think the guys at whatever Norway's version of OSHA would of flipped out if they did it when the plane was still in the air! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/new...9XD?li=BBnbfcL __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	It is rare that a flight with toilet troubles will cancel or return to the departure airport. unless the flight is longer than a couple of hours. then it becomes an issue. the irony of the story is great though __________________

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Obltn Strand Commodore Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 614 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I have worked as plumber, pipefitter and welder for over twenty years now and I don't have a clue how aeroplane toilet operates. Probably general operation is same but it is the little things which causes catastrophes... __________________ Himmel, sukeltakaa!

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,712 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	So nobody on the plane ended up flushed with success. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,718 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	If it was a typical group of plumbers, they probably had to go back to go back to the shop to get parts...all while on the clock... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Howard Wolowitz probably designed the blasted thing. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!