American Airlines plane was forced to land due to broken toilets, media reports

An American Airlines plane en route from Madrid to Dallas was forced to make an unscheduled landing at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport after nearly all the toilets on board failed, CNN reported.

An American Airlines flight from Madrid made an emergency landing in New York after all but two toilets on board the Boeing 777 stopped working.

As CNN clarifies, citing data from the US Federal Aviation Administration, the crew reported to dispatchers about “an insufficient number of working toilets.” There were 287 people on board the Boeing 777, and the flight itself usually lasts more than ten hours. Of the eight latrines, only two were functioning.

According to CNN, the plane still had more than four hours of fuel left in it, causing its landing weight to be higher than normal and potentially causing the brakes to overheat. The pilot announced the international PAN PAN signal, which indicates an urgent problem that is not life threatening.

The aircraft landed safely and, after a more than three-hour stop in New York, continued its journey to Dallas, the TV channel indicates, citing the flight tracking service FlightAware.