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A330 captain reported returning to departure airport after a flight attendant reported effluent was leaking from the lavatory into the galley area.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1570096 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Drinkable/Waste Water Syst |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On takeoff aft flight attendants reported effluent coming from one of lavatories into galley. Lavatories all failed [and] toilets would not flush for 8 hour flight. Due to health/hazard factor with effluent in aft galley and fumes/vapors decided to perform overweight landing. Performed uneventful landing. Maintenance needs to clean probes for waste tanks of lavatories so this does not cause false indicators that effluent tanks are full. We confirmed they were dumped before departing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 Captain reported returning to departure airport after a Flight Attendant reported effluent was leaking from the lavatory into the galley area.
Narrative: On takeoff aft flight attendants reported effluent coming from one of lavatories into galley. Lavatories all failed [and] toilets would not flush for 8 hour flight. Due to health/hazard factor with effluent in aft galley and fumes/vapors decided to perform overweight landing. Performed uneventful landing. Maintenance needs to clean probes for waste tanks of lavatories so this does not cause false indicators that effluent tanks are full. We confirmed they were dumped before departing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.