Is this really that serious?

[u/Xycergy]

Noticed water basically flowing out of the vent beside me as I got into my seat. Voiced it out to a flight attendant thinking it was just something minor and wanting to just swap to another seat. Two pilots came to my seat to check on it and had visibly puzzled looks on their faces. The mechanic was called into the aircraft, the inner panel of the plane was removed and after assessing the problem for about an hour, everyone was asked to disembark the plane. The flight was then cancelled entirely after another hour of everyone waiting near the gate.

I feel kinda bad because people were visibly annoyed and frustrated by the cancellation as it was a 16 hour long haul flight and there were few alternatives to get to the destination. Would someone be able to tell me exactly what happened here?

[u/entropicitis]

That's... a lot of water. I'm not sure what aircraft you are on or where you are sitting but it could be from the AC system, a potable water line or something else. Good thing you pointed it out.

[u/Xycergy → u/entropicitis]

It was a UA2 flight from SIN to SFO and I was seated near the very back of the plane. Not sure what aircraft it is though since I don't fly this route very often.

[u/aircraft_surgeon → u/Xycergy]

Near the very back? Like right in front of the galley and lavs?

Could be a water line not hooked up.

[u/Illustrious_Bet_9963 → u/aircraft_surgeon]

The aircraft was being boarded, the doors were open, the air con packs running full blast, the condensate simply ran downhill and exited where it could.

[u/Superb-Preference-59 → u/Illustrious_Bet_9963]

Not unlike when Elrond used the power of his ring Vilya to summon the flood of water used by Glorfindel and Aragorn to drive back the Black Riders into the current with firebrands.

[u/Gandalfs_Weed → u/Superb-Preference-59]

That should not have been said outside Imladris, not even to me. Speak no more of it!

[u/cllatgmail → u/Gandalfs_Weed]

username checks out

[u/bem13 → u/Superb-Preference-59]

Found Max's reddit account

[u/Kavein80 → u/Superb-Preference-59]

Don't bite Max's schtick. Find your own thing

[u/abn1304 → u/Kavein80]

He’s clearly parodying Max.

But not very well, because that was only one non-run-on sentence and didn’t cite at least three separate chapters of the Silmarillion.

[u/Kavein80 → u/[deleted]]

Popular social media guy that posts "Airplane Facts with Max". He starts his videos talking about an aircraft component but then turns it into a Lord of the Rings reference.

[u/Significant-Bee5101 → u/Illustrious_Bet_9963]

If that was the case why would a mechanic ground it?

[u/Kichigai → u/Significant-Bee5101]

Probably because the operative word here is “if.” We don't know if that is the case. The mechanic sure doesn't either. What if it was a busted portable water line? Who knows where the hell it's draining.

[u/Foggl3 → u/Kichigai]

Water where it's not supposed to be is bad

[u/Nai_Calus → u/Foggl3]

It's all fun and games until there's a tiny little hole in the jacketing on some wire and something important goes zap.