A Herald Sun report says that dozens of passengers were left stranded in Vanuatu when the toilets on a Pacific Blue 737 aircraft failed yesterday.
Brisbane-bound flight DJ 180, which was due to leave at 3.05pm local time yesterday, was cancelled when an electrical fault left the plane’s toilets inoperable.
Passengers were told they may be left on the island for up to four days before they were taken to accommodation while a pilot flew the aircraft to Brisbane for repairs.
Melbourne man Graham Sherry was one of many passengers stuck on the island and said it was “poor form” on the airline’s behalf.
“They told us there was a problem with the toilets and they couldn’t fly us back for three to four days,” Mr Sherry said.
“It’s only a couple of hours’ flight and I think (to wait) three or four days is extreme.”
But a Pacific Blue spokeswoman said the airline was doing everything possible to secure the safe return of the stranded passengers as quickly as possible.
“Obviously our priority is to move people back,” she said, “But it’s a regulatory requirement that there have to be working lavatories on the flight.”
Report by The Mole
