Heard this yesterday on CBC Radio, and the story is apparently legitimate.
Quote:
"Smoking may be banned on airplanes, but a missing ashtray grounded a Jazz Air flight for nine hours last week.
The Feb. 23 flight from Fredericton to Toronto was postponed after the crew noticed during pre-flight checks that the receptacle in the wall outside the lavatory door was missing."
Read full story at:
Missing ashtray grounds Jazz Air flight - Business - TheChronicleHerald.ca