11 weirdest reasons flights have turned around

When it comes to traveling on planes, it's always best for passengers to have a backup plan just in case. Though it's rare for flights to turn around mid-flight for no reason, it can happensometimes under bizarre circumstances. Read on for a look at some of the strangest reasons flights have had to stop their journey and return to the airport they departed from. A British Airways flight reportedly had to turn around due to a clogged toilet.In March 2016, a British Airways plane flying from Heathrow to Dubai was forced to turn around after passengers began complaining of a "smelly poo in the toilet," customers said. According to the Telegraph, the crew wasn't able to fix the problem, leading the plane to return to its original location for health and safety reasons. That's not the only time a bathroom issue caused a flight disruption. In 2014, a Virginia Austria flight from Los Angeles to Sydney returned to the US three hours after departure because of a "fresh water overflow system," according to the airline.Nuts served in a packet instead of a bowl drove one first class passenger into a fury.In 2014, the daughter of Korean Air's chief executive, Cho Hyun-ah, reportedly became outraged when she was served macadamia nuts from a packet instead of a bowl while flying in first class. Her nut-fueled fury caused the pilot to return the plane to the gate in New York. Hyun-ah was later found guilty of obstructing aviation safety, according to the Telegraph.A laser once forced a Virgin Airlines plane to turn around.A 2016 Virgin Airlines flight to New York had to stop mid-journey and return to London's Heathrow airport after "a laser incident," the airline said. According to reports, a laser beam was aimed at the cockpit and made the first officer feel unwell.In 2010, a law was passed in the UK that said people could be charged with "shining a light at an aircraft in flight so as to dazzle the pilot." It is also illegal in the US to shine a laser at an aircraft.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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