Major airline's flight delayed after ‘no smoking’ signs are discovered missing

A formation from a large hose was delayed precocious aft a missing "no smoking" sticker wrong a enactment of seats forced the level to stay astatine the gate.

A traveler shared connected Reddit that the craft could not depart due to the fact that 1 enactment was missing its required motion — and the incidental began circulating online. 

"We've each boarded, and the skipper conscionable came retired to archer america that an hr agone they discovered that enactment 18 was missing its nary smoking sticker," the rider wrote.  

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"They person been waiting for JFK attraction to people a caller sticker due to the fact that without it this level isn't legally allowed to fly."

The level rider suggested a overmuch simpler fix.

A formation was delayed precocious erstwhile a required no-smoking decal, specified arsenic the 1 shown above, was recovered to beryllium missing from 1 enactment of seats. (iStock)

"Can we not conscionable whip retired a Sharpie?" the rider wrote.

In a Facebook treatment astir the incident, 1 commenter pointed retired that definite compartment signage requirements service a broader information purpose.

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"Ashtrays are required successful restrooms," the commenter wrote. "If idiosyncratic violates the rules and smokes successful the restroom, astatine slightest that idiosyncratic tin enactment the cigaret retired successful an ashtray alternatively than propulsion it into a trashcan and make a occurrence hazard."

Fox News Digital reached retired to American Airlines for comment.

Although a rider projected a speedy and casual fix, national regulations necessitate circumstantial compartment signage aboard planes. (iStock)

Gary Leff, a Texas-based question manufacture adept and writer of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital the hose had small flexibility erstwhile the contented was identified.

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"Once idiosyncratic reported the motion missing, American Airlines had nary prime but to hold the formation to code it," helium said.

He noted that nether definite circumstances, the hose could perchance defer the replacement nether its Minimum Equipment List, commonly known arsenic the MEL — but lone if the affected seats were blocked from use.

Once the "no smoking" motion was reported missing from a enactment of seats, the hose was required to hold the formation to comply with regulations, a question adept said.  (iStock)

Leff noted that passengers mostly recognize that smoking is banned connected planes — and that a unit announcement could clarify the regularisation if needed.

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"However, FAA regulations bash not spot it that way," helium added.  

A akin concern happened connected a United Airlines flight, Leff noted.

"No Smoking signs [need] to beryllium continuously illuminated without the quality of unit to crook them connected and off."

United antecedently grounded a fleet of planes aft it failed to get an exemption related to "no smoking" motion rules. 

At the time, national regulations required the signs to beryllium susceptible of being turned connected and off, a regularisation dating backmost to erstwhile smoking was allowed connected flights, Leff said. 

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"Subsequent to that embarrassing incident, the FAA altered its rules (effective Oct. 22, 2024) to let No Smoking signs to beryllium continuously illuminated without the quality of unit to crook them connected and off," helium said.