An Open Skies Boeing 767-300 on behalf of British Airways, registration F-HILU performing flight BA-8004 from Newark,NJ (USA) to Paris Orly (France) with 172 people on board, was enroute over the Atlantic Ocean when all toilets failed. The crew decided to divert to Shannon (Ireland) to provide the passengers with an opportunity to take a toilet break. The aircraft landed safely on Shannon’s runway 24.
The toilets were serviced, the aircraft continued the flight after two hours on the ground in Shannon and reached Paris with a delay of 2:10 hours.
The Aviation Herald
