article_snippet: A London woman is embroiled in a fight for compensation with Jet Airways after toilets and sinks overflowed and smelly water seeped into the cabin during an eight-hour flight.
article_snippet: ‘After two hours, The 27-year-old office worker and other passengers noticed water seeping out from under the two lavatories closest to our seats.
article_snippet: ‘The 27-year-old office worker then told We that the water was overflowing from the toilet and sink in both lavatories, so you can imagine the smell that We then had to endure for the remainder of the flight.
article_snippet: She added: ‘It was quite difficult to tell whether the liquid contained human waste, but the airline would not surprise me as … the liquid overflowing from the lavatories definitely had a foul urine-like smell.
article_snippet: However, the airline claims the water was simply leaking from sinks.
article_snippet: In an attempt to cover a foul urine-like smell a flight attendant sprayed the wet patches with an air freshener.
article_snippet: After this, a flight attendant went back to check on the lavatories and almost gagged when a flight attendant opened the door so I can only imagine the state of the toilets.
article_snippet: Amrita said the situation became worse over the course of the flight last month as the toilet and sink in the lavatory on the opposite side of the plane began to overflow as well.
article_snippet: 9W122 DEL - LHR dt.,Feb 15, 2015, on account of reverse drainage from the sinks on board the aircraft. '
article_snippet: All human waste is carried by separate system and lines which functioned normally during the flight.'
article_snippet: Jet Airways investigated the incident and maintains the liquid leaking was coming from the sinks on board the aircraft .
article_snippet: I'm unsure if any other passengers became ill but as the liquid continued to overflow and the smell became more evident, the liquid gave me a very bad headache and made me nauseous which put me off my in-flight meal.