An Austrian Airlines Boeing 777 was forced to turn back mid-flight after its toilets couldn’t flush properly

Clogged toilets on an Austrian Airlines plane forced the flight to turn back two hours into its journey.

The Monday flight from Vienna to New York, typically an eight-hour trip, turned back after the crew found that five of the eight toilets on board couldn’t flush properly.

Around 300 people were on board the Boeing 777, and were later rebooked on other flights, AFP reported.

It’s the first time broken toilets have disrupted an Austrian Airlines flight, the carrier’s spokesperson told AFP.
The plane is now back in operation, the spokesperson said.