Video shows some passengers sitting in the aisle of the plane gawking at the fluid during this week's flight, while others laugh, some recording footage of the unexpected situation from their phones.
Video taken aboard Spirit Airlines flight 1595 on April 22, 2024 shows liquid flowing down the plane aisle after the airline confirmed an issue in a rear lavoritory.
According to a Spirit Airline spokesperson, the incident took place Monday on Spirit Airlines flight 1595.
The plane departed just after 3 p.m. on Monday from Atlanta Hartfield Jackson International Airport and landed at Newark Liberty International Airport at 5:18 p.m. according to the online site Flight Aware, which tracks flight paths.
What caused the liquid to spill?
A maintenance team met the flight upon arrival in Newark due "to an issue with a potable water line connected to a sink in the rear lavatory," a Spirit Airlines spokesperson said in an email .
The report said the pilots were operating a Batik Air flight from Kendari in Southeast Sulawesi province to the capital Jakarta on Jan. 25 when they simultaneously fell asleep for 28 minutes.
There were 153 passengers and four flight attendants on board the flight. No one on board was injured, the report said.
Additionally, the flight lasted two hours and 35 minutes and properly landed in Jakarta with no damage to the aircraft, an Airbus A320.
The report did not name the pilots but said they were both Indonesian. The pilot in command was a 32-year-old and the second in command was a 28-year-old. Both were deemed fit to fly, had passed health checks, and tested negative for alcohol.
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According to the report, about 30 minutes into the flight, the pilot in command asked his second-in-command for permission to rest when the plane reached a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet. The second in command agreed, and the pilot in command fell asleep for about an hour.
When he woke up, the pilot in command asked his deputy if he wanted to rest to which he declined. The pilot in command then went back to sleep.
The second in command made contact with air control in Jakarata but then “inadvertently fell asleep." The Jakarta area control center attempted to contact the plane again but they didn't get a response.
“Several attempts to contact BTK6723 had been made by the Jakarta ACC including asking other pilots to call the BTK6723,” the report said. “None of the calls were responded to by the BTK6723 pilots.”
Around 28 minutes after the last recorded transmission, the pilot in command woke up and realized that the plane was not on the correct flight path. He then woke up the second in command and put the flight back on track.
Upon waking up, the first in command called Jakarta ACC and said they had been experiencing a "problem" with their radio communication.
The report said the second in command had told the pilot in command that he didn't have "proper rest" earlier in the day. He had one-month-old twins and had moved into a new home the day before the flight. According to the report, the second in command “had to wake up several times to help his wife take care of the babies,” the report said.
