VA50: all toilets inoperable

[SYD]

Just saw it on no news…. Multiple people apparently soiled themselves…

But that was before the loos went out. Not unusual for bogan flights departing DPS…

 

[PERLHR]

The comments are the best part…. (Although I feel terribly sorry for the passengers stuck on that piece of junk!);

“When Virgin said they were a budget airline, nobody thought the toilets would be cut from the budget.”

“They should change the slogan to: ‘Virgin Australia — taking the piss, because you literally can’t.’”

“Virgin Australia: Wonderful. Unless you need to go.”

Instead of the recent pop up shops gimmick ...pop up loos the new Virgin logo requirement.

 

[nancypants]

ASP doesn't operate all hours (as far as I can tell, why would it) and has no customs facilities (mostly a guess, can't be far off). I don't trust the Australian government (via Border Force) to permit a plane load of passengers off the aircraft onto Australian territory without formal processing, not for a medical emergency let alone this situation (pressing, but admittedly less urgent).

If the path is as you suggest, perhaps the only options are PHE, DRW or PER, though if the call were made above ASP, arguably the call to continue to BNE is technically plausible.

Yeah when I was living in ASP we went through a fair run of international flights being diverted and it was always a huge whinge that no one was allowed off the plane for x amount of time. There is capacity to process immigration and customs but it’s on call and very limited.

I think they used to fly people in specifically to do the pine gap shuttle (or possibly they got cleared on the east coast so it was a domestic flight)- memory fails me at present

 

[DC3]

… the Captain (or FO) was first off the plane in Brisbane. No doubt in a hurry to get to a loo.

 

[SYD]

Yorkshire Airlines future proofed….

 

[PERLHR]

Yorkshire Airlines future proofed….

Come fly with me..classic.

 

[justinbrett]

Good ol’ 4BC

 

[Scarlett]

There’s a Maccas in Darwin these days. Should’ve stopped in there for a quick slash and dash!
That’s what they’re for aren’t they?

More seriously though, if all had failed with about 90 minutes left in the journey, and at that time of the evening, carrying on to BNE sounds like their best or maybe only option.