An Air India flight from Chicago to New Delhi last Wednesday was forced to return several hours into its journey after multiple bathrooms on the plane were clogged with rags, clothes and plastic bags,

Air India has confirmed that one of its flights from the US was forced to turn around last week after passengers trying to flush away plastic bags, rags and clothes clogged up most of its toilets. The plane, which was heading from Chicago to India's capital Delhi, spent several hours in the air before it returned to the US city.

A flight to India from Chicago returned to Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the United States on March 5, following an issue with multiple of the plane's toilets.

Air India said a flight from Chicago to Delhi was disrupted when eight of the 12 lavatories on the plane, a Boeing 777, were rendered “unserviceable.”

Air India is urging travelers to "use lavatories only for purposes they are meant for" after a flight to Delhi returned to Chicago due to eight of its 12 toilets becoming clogged.

The Air India plane had nearly 300 passengers on board and was supposed to fly for 14 hours. But just under two hours into the journey, crew members noticed that many of the toilets were not working,

An Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi was forced to turn back after eight of the 12 toilets on the aircraft were clogged. An investigation found that the toilets were clogged by polythene bags, rags and clothes that had been flushed down and stuck in the plumbing,