PITTSBURGH -- A Continental Airlines flight from Pittsburgh International Airport to Houston ran about three hours late Monday because the toilet in first class was broken.
Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark said an earlier report that the flight was delayed because a plunger couldn’t be found was incorrect.
She said plungers aren’t used to repair toilets on airliners.
"It’s not a toilet like you have at your home. It’s a mechanical process to repair the lavatory," Clark said.
Flight 655 took off around 11:15 a.m. – three hours after its scheduled departure – when airline officials finally decided just to close the broken lavatory.
