American Airlines 777 diverts to JFK after lavatory failures

Operating flight AA37 from Madrid to Dallas-Fort Worth on October 6, an American Airlines Boeing 777-200 diverted to New York-JFK. The 27-year-old aircraft, registered N772AN, carried 287 occupants on a flight planned for nearly eleven hours.

En route along the US East Coast, six of the eight onboard lavatories became unserviceable. The flight crew advised ATC that only two toilets remained operational before issuing a Pan-Pan urgency call. The aircraft touched down at New York-JFK at 12:27 local time.

According to reports, the widebody landed above its normal maximum landing weight, retaining more than four hours of remaining fuel. The FAA confirmed that the crew declared an insufficient number of functioning lavatories during the flight.

Following a ground stop of roughly three and a half hours for technical checks, the aircraft departed New York and reached Dallas nearly 15 hours after departing Madrid. American Airlines did not disclose the root cause of the multiple system failures or confirm whether all units were restored for the final sector.