SYDNEY (AFP) - A Virgin Australia plane bound for Sydney was forced back to Los Angeles due to leaking sinks, the airline said on Tuesday, but denied passenger claims that human waste reached the aisles.
Flight VA2 was heading to Sydney, from where it would continue to Christchurch in New Zealand, early on Tuesday when the problem occurred.
"In accordance with standard operating procedures, the captain made the decision to return to port as a precautionary measure after two of the sinks on board were leaking," the airline said in a statement.
Virgin denied comments from a passenger speaking to New Zealand radio who said that the leak involved human waste reaching the aisles and that the smell was "unbearable".
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