American Airlines flight 2350 from Dallas – Fort Worth to Mexico City was delayed more than 5 hours on Friday. First, passengers had to wait on a replacement aircraft reportedly due to a “leak” and then passengers boarded another Boeing 737-800 only to have water flow out into the aisles from a lavatory. They needed another plane – or a boat.

Flying from Dallas to Mexico City on @AmericanAir 2350. First flight cancelled due to a “leak”. Got on another plane and had to get off again due to a water pipe bursting. Waiting to figure out what happens next. Unbelievable.#AirTravel #travelnightmare #airlineissues pic.twitter.com/SFMsf6u6dJ

— Amit Mehrotra (@Dr_Mehrotra_EP) August 1, 2025

@AmericanAir @americanair6682 5 hour delay leaving Grand Rapids this morning on flight 1561, then later on we board in Dallas on flight 2350 to go to Mexico City and they announce there is a problem with the plane and we have to get off. What is going on with your #Airline!

— Kenneth Smith Ramos (@KenSmithramos) August 1, 2025

And now after we boarded the replacement aircraft, the water exploded in the toilet and flooded the plane. We were foced to deplane…again!! #ShameOnYouAmericanAirlines @AmericanAir @americanair6682 pic.twitter.com/qp1sBiaRcm

— Kenneth Smith Ramos (@KenSmithramos) August 1, 2025

Several months ago passengers aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Minneapolis were flooded out by a water leak from the rear lavatory. Video from inside the Boeing 737-800 cabin showed water streaming down the aisle.

Meanwhile, an American Airlines flight from Delhi became a biohazard as a lavatory sink overflowed with human waste. The airline kept flying this way for “10+ hours” of the 17-hour flight after “4 lavatories flooded with sewage.”

This doesn’t only happen to American: an Alaska Airlines flight flooded with four inches of lavatory water and United offered 5,000 miles of compensation after a lavatory flood ruined a passenger’s laptop.