Pilot Refuses Emergency Landing After All Toilets Fail on 15-Hour Flight; Crew Cleans Waste by Hand

• On a 15-hour Philippines Airlines flight (PR113) from Los Angeles to Manila, all 11 toilets on a Boeing 777 stopped working.
• Despite being near Guam where an emergency landing was possible, the captain refused to divert the plane and continued the flight.
• Cabin crew members were allegedly forced to manually remove human waste from the toilets using their hands and utensils, pouring it into sinks.
• The aircraft landed directly at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila without an emergency stop, and no formal passenger complaints were filed.
• The Philippines Airlines Union has criticized the handling of the situation, citing health and dignity concerns for the crew, but the airline has not commented.

Why It Matters: A pilot's decision to continue a flight despite all toilets failing led to crew manually cleaning human waste.