Frontier Flight 3566 Declares Mayday After Lavatory Faucet Leak Floods Cabin, Diverts to Chicago O'Hare
Frontier Airlines Flight 3566, flying from Denver, Colorado, to Detroit, Michigan, on November 11, declared an emergency and diverted to Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Illinois after a faucet in the forward lavatory sprang a leak and water flowed through the cabin. No one on board was injured.
Frontier said in a statement that as Flight 3566 was en route, the faucet in the forward lavatory sprung a leak, causing water to flow along part of the aircraft floor, and the captain requested an emergency landing at O'Hare. The flight landed safely with no injuries reported among passengers and crew. Video taken by passengers showed water covering the cabin aisle. In radio calls with air traffic control, the pilot said the leak was spraying so much water that it was flooding the rear cabin, and that the crew was worried about the aircraft's electronics. Several outlets reported that a plumber who happened to be a passenger helped shut the faucet off, but too much water had already escaped.
The aircraft was an Airbus A321neo registered N688FR, operating as flight F93566. Flight-tracking data show it took off from Denver at about 11:03 a.m. Mountain time on November 11 and landed at O'Hare at about 1:53 p.m. Central time. Frontier said passengers were placed on a replacement aircraft later that day to continue to Detroit.
(Source: Frontier Airlines)
Source: Frontier Airlines
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：一架边疆航空空客A321neo客机在 Denver 国际机场（资料图，同型机，非涉事航班）。照片：CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321neo at Denver International Airport (file photo of the same aircraft type, not the flight involved). CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
