THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES

Flight makes emergency landing for potty break

'All toilets were full and passengers needed to go really bad'

(BILLINGS GAZETTE) — A direct Delta flight from New York City to Seattle on Saturday night made an unplanned stop in Billings for what several passengers considered an emergency — a potty break.

While enroute, the Boeing 757’s toilets “ceased functioning, with passengers queuing up and indicating they needed to visit the toilet,” according to a Delta incident report.

On a good day, the coast-to-coast flight can take about six hours.

“All toilets were full and passengers needed to ‘go really bad,’ ” the report states.

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