What happens to toilet waste on airplanes?

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peanutz

Ok, there are 2 things the pilot can do with the waste. When on the ground or flying over land, the waste is channelled to a holding tank for disposal. When over waters, the waste is released outside. 75% of earth is water, it is easier to discard than to keep in the tank because of capacity limitation. Chances of getting hit, rare, unless you sail in remote waters and planes are flying over you.

jimbob

IS IT A BIRD ? IS IT A PLANE ? I KNEW I SHOULD NOT HAVE LOOKED UP .

davidsparkeyrat

they save it to drop on your house.

Preya

um well do we need to know cause i think tha tis between the plane and people that takes care of the bussiness

charmer

they have sewage tanks - and all the stuff is stored there
as soon as the plane lands - special tankers remove it

and about your doubt whether it gets thrown out of plane while flying - ans is NO

atahsina

there in a big deposit tank under the pan. the cleaning team cleans it regularly after the plain arrives in the airport. so ..do whatever you want...dont worry...the safety tank can hold it.

Please Give Me Best Answer

It goes into a big holding tank and gets cleaned out after the plane lands. Back in the old days it would just get sent out into the air, but now there's too much air traffic for that.

There have been several cases where the tanks have leaked and large chunks of frozen yuck have fallen onto peoples houses and such. Eeeewwww!

Robyn

You know, I've never really thought about it!!!!

moonlight

go to this website

http://ask.yahoo.com/20031031.html

Fuzzy Wuzzy

You've reminded me of the movie Joe Dirt!

Remember! He carted around his lucky meteor every where! Turned out it was a lump of poo from an airplane! LOL

I believe it goes into a tank, and is pumped at the end of short flights, or discharged over waters on long haul trips.

Ashlee

Do we really want to know?

Susan

They serve it as the in flight meal

odandme

It goes into a big holding tank and gets cleaned out after the plane lands. Back in the 'old days' it would just get sent out into the air, but now there's too much air traffic for that.

There have been several cases where the tanks have leaked and large chunks of frozen yuck have fallen onto peoples houses and such. Eeeewwww

raynos13

It is being put into a tank

lusty_for_knowledge

omg.. thats eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwww.....y do you want to know for? something happen to your house??

lovinthesouth4ever

emziroxi

It gets stored in a big tank in the plane then emptied when the plane stops. Thats why the plane toilets stink

FroomeSTAR

Sadly yes... I was killed when a frozen poo struck me on my head...

milessaunders100

it gets collected in holding tanks and gets emptyied

limkongsir2003

Sexcaii

y dont u put ur head down the plane toilet & have a good look

just joking please dont do that
it does in2 a tank

dev

The toilet waist in air plane are fill in tank which is attach to plane then that waste is remove from the tanks and pour into big sewer or garbage stores.

punkrocker_kitty

u kno, I'v wondered the same thing myself

Rob thomas chick

yuckkkk,i think i'm gonna be sick

alex c

dunno if they bin killed by falling frozen poo but i no dis guy gave an elephant a laxative cause it was constipated and he was sitting behind the elephant unclogging it bum hole and all of a sudden it all came out at once and he drowned in elephant poo lol poor guy

kimberley w

yes it collects in a tank, where its stored,
sometimes it does escape from the plane and
land on unexpecting houses. because the plane is at high altitude, it freezes on the way down Yuk!

lil_munky4

i dont know

bigG

I've been wondering why the tailpipe of the airliners always look so dirty.

Dr Know It All

Generally it gets pumped out after the plane lands. If the holding tank overflows then it seeps out of the fuselage, freezes and then breaks off, plummeting to earth, making holes in roofs etc.

Juby

In airplane a chemical toilet are using,chemical toilet is a toilet using chemicals to disinfect the waste instead of simply storing it in a hole, or piping it away to a sewage treatment plant. These toilets are most commonly found on airplanes and trains, identified with a blue colored dye in the bowl water. An even simpler chemical toilet consits of a seat on a container or bucket of water, with a solution of chemicals used to disinfect and deoderize. Commonly found on inter-city buses and in homes where indoor plumbing is not available.

Disinfection is generally carried out by mixing formaldehyde or similar chemicals with the toilet water when flushed.

Mariah J

It goes into a compartment underneth the plane, and get's stored there until you land. ( of course it's not with the luggage!)

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