Alright, this has happened before, and there is always a bunch of excuses from the airlines about "why" but little or no effort to solve the actual event.
Here's what I don't ever understand: why don't the passengers simply stand up, open the doors, and move on out? That'll get the attention of the security folks who couldn't be bothered come back and deal with it. Can't very well put all 47 of them in the local jail, and even if they did, at least there's a potty in there.