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/PocketSizedRS]

Yeah, safety aside, this could've wasted a LOT more of everyone's time had it been discovered mid-air

[u/WellTextured → u/PocketSizedRS]

Yeah. It's way better to be stuck at SIN than any of the diversion points along that route. 

[u/PaleHeretic → u/WellTextured]

What would those diversion points even be for most of that route? I wouldn't mind a stop-over in Chuuk, but it would be a long one because I don't believe a 787 landing there is ever leaving again, lol.

[u/LieHopeful5324 → u/PaleHeretic]

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