What happens if all toilets become inoperative during a flight?
The other day, I was on a flight and two of the toilets in my zone were blocked with a sign saying "Inoperative", I had to walk down the aisle to the back to use the toilet there. I asked a cabin crew member and she told me someone vomited in the sinks and blocked them, they can't be used anymore and they had to block them.
What happens if all toilets or most of them in a flight are inoperative at some point during the flight?
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I was on a flight which used a CRJ (Canadair Regional Jet). This plane only has one lavatory and it was non-functional.
The flight crew notified us of the equipment malfunction shortly after take off. We just had to hold it for the duration of the 2 hour 40 minute flight. This was a particular problem for me since I have inflammatory bowel disease and need to go quite frequently. When I heard of the issue, I loaded up with the maximum doses of medicines I take with me to control such things. I got lucky and didn't need to use the lavatory during the flight.
How a flight crew handles this malfunction probably depends strongly upon the specifics of the scenario. In my case, the destination airport was also the airline company's maintenance hub. So the crew had to fly the plane to my destination airport to get it repaired anyway.
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