PAL Cabin Crew Allegedly Ordered to Handle Human Waste After Lavatory Failure Philippine Airlines is under scrutiny after crew members say they were instructed to manually remove human waste during a Boeing 777 flight from Los Angeles to Manila, following a complete lavatory system failure onboard PR113. According to multiple crew accounts, the airline chose not to divert despite hours remaining, and crew were told to dispose of waste into adjacent lavatory basins so toilets could remain usable.