The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a message on Friday, in which she proposed the introduction of a new flight fitness directive for 2612 Boeing machines registered in the United States.
The agency received a notification about the passenger who got stuck in the toilet because of the damaged lock. The door could not be opened from the inside or from the outside. Even the on -board crew could not cope with the fold -out door design. The pilots were forced to carry out an emergency landing.
FAA emphasizes that in a situation where the passenger is imprisoned in the toilet, he is exposed to serious injuries during the “normally possible emergency event”, such as strong turbulence or sudden deterioration of health.
Officials indicated four specific types of door locks, which they think should be mentioned. The cost of the entire operation, including labor and new castles, the price of which can reach $ 481. (approx. PLN 1,825) per item, estimated at a maximum of 3 million 400 thousand. hole. (approx. PLN 13 million). Part or all of this amount could be covered with warranty.
Until the publication, Boeing did not comment on this matter.
The provisions proposed by FAA include specific models: 737-700, 737-800, 737-900, 737-900er, as well as versions 737 max 8 and 737 max 9. The data available on the manufacturer's website shows that a total of 3461 aircraft of these types were delivered to American customers. The directive suggests that Up to three quarters of them can have problematic toilet door locks.
FAA set the date by May 27 to send comments to the proposed provisions.
Although the agency did not provide details about the flight, which initiated the whole matter, this would not be the first case in which problems with toilets forced a change of travel plan.
Last month, Air India passengers spent Nine hours in the airto finally return to the starting point. The plane flying to the new Delhi turned to Chicago, because most of the toilets stopped working after one of the passengers tried to rinse bags, textiles and clothes.
In February 2024, as many as eight out of nine toilets on board the KLM aircraft flying from Amsterdam to Los Angeles stopped working. The machine was forced to turn back over the Atlantic.
The article is a translation from the American edition of Business Insider.
