Overflowing LAV Drips on 380 Bags in BNA...Yuck.

A clogged toilet is to blame for a stinky situation that trickled through the Nashville airport on Wednesday morning.
Airport officials at the Nashville International Airport were forced to hastily remove approximately 380 pieces of luggage from Southwest’s baggage-handling area after sewage-tinged water began dripping from the ceiling onto the checked bags, reports WRKN.
However, despite their efforts, up to 200 of those bags may have been contaminated, a representative for Southwest Airlines told Fox News.


Cleaning crews reportedly traced the source of the overflow to a ladies’ restroom in C concourse, near Gate C5. According to airport officials, someone had stuffed or tried to flush paper towels down the toilet, which caused the drainage system to back up and overflow.
Eventually, the water began dripping down onto the a baggage-handling room, where the 200 bags were "potentially affected,” the Southwest spokesperson confirmed.
The airline also said the bags were cleaned, and in some cases replaced.
"We appreciate our Nashville Employee’s efforts to contact our Customers, process the bags, and reunite our customers with their luggage," Southwest wrote in a statement. "We estimate about 200 bags were potentially affected, and they were sanitized, and in some cases, replacement bags offered.

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Cleaning crews reportedly traced the source of the overflow to a ladies’ restroom in C concourse, near Gate C5. According to airport officials, someone had stuffed or tried to flush paper towels down the toilet, which caused the drainage system to back up and overflow.
Eventually, the water began dripping down onto the a baggage-handling room, where the 200 bags were "potentially affected,” the Southwest spokesperson confirmed.
The airline also said the bags were cleaned, and in some cases replaced.

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I bet this ranks above delayed flights on pax complaint lists.