Broken toilets: Hawaii-bound Boeing 767 diverts to LAX

A Honolulu-bound flight on American Airlines diverted to Los Angeles Sunday morning after three of the six toilets on the 8-½ hour flight stopped working.

American Airlines Flight 005 had taken off from Dallas/Fort Worth, but the Boeing 767-300ER diverted to L.A. because of the lavatory problems, airline spokesman Alexis Aran Coello confirmed to The Associated Press.

The flight landed at LAX at around noon local time. Maintenance crews fixed the problem and the plane continued on to Honolulu about 2-½ hours later.

The Los Angeles Times says the plane came into LAX a bit heavy, landing "with about five hours of fuel remaining." Emergency crews were on hand for the flight's arrival, which occurred without incident, adds the Orange County Register.

The flight was carrying 212 passengers and 10 crew.