Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Other / Unknown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
While on the jet in Denver we were stopped by the inbound crew and informed that waste was spilling from the aft lavatory onto the floor in front of the jumpseat and into the galley. The purser said the water appeared to come from the toilet and sink and was soiled. Upon boarding there was a foul odor and we waited for the cockpit. The pilot walked to the back of the plane and said the Lav was locked; sealed and we were going. I pointed out that the seatbelt harness and safety equipment was soiled. The galley floor was soiled and the aisle by the passenger seat was soiled. The area in front of the jumpseat was soiled. Insufficient measures were taken to decontaminate the harness; galley and demo equipment; the wet floor in the galley and in front of the jumpseat and passenger area. During landing fluid spilled from the Lav toward the jumpseat and I had to keep my feet on the Lav wall to keep waste off of them. Regardless of my concerns there was a breakdown in crew resource mgt. There was no support or effort to address my concerns. Carpets in the passenger area; galley area; seatbelt harness; jumpseat area; demo equipment were all soiled. I notified inflight. I want to know what is the proper procedure to deal with contaminants and why didn't flight ops coordinate better to address the waste in an effort to clean and disinfect the aircraft? Why wasn't the procedure followed? I am highly concerned about the possibility of infectious waste given we are a global carrier and I was exposed unlike the crew at the front of the aircraft.
Air Carrier Flight Attendant believes that a lavatory spill on an aircraft she was assigned to was not properly cleaned and disinfected prior to departure.