I heard that when the sewage goes into the air, it disintregrates. Is that true?
2006-07-17 03:48:49 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Sometimes, it all depends on the altitude of the plane. Sometimes the brick of waste falls apart, but other times it will just break apart whenever it hits the ground. They suck all the water out of it, so it most of the time just falls apart into a nice dusting of poo wherever they are flying over. But, usually this is only on long plane flights whenever the plane is getting to heavy from the waste. Usually they just wait until they land and it gets pumped out by workers at the airport.
Don't worry though, the really don't do it over residential areas, mostly over water.
2006-07-17 03:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by Justin 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No, that is against the law. It is pumped out into a "lav cart" at the airport and properly disposed of along with the other city sewage. However, there are some rare instances where the rubber valve that pulgs the tank leaks and some "blue ice" forms outside the plane and drops off, but these cases are very rare and the chunks of ice very small.
2006-07-17 08:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No , Airlines are not permitted to dump toilet waste. The waste is kept in
tanks until landing and then the ground crew pumps out the tanks and
hauls the waste to a treatment facility.
From the Chicago O'Hare Flight Standards District Office:
“Many people are of the assumption that aircraft lavatories dump
overboard when they are flushed, this is not the case. Lavatory
waste is contained on the aircraft in a holding tank until the
aircraft lands. When the aircraft is safely on the ground, only
ground crew personnel may operate the valve to dump the waste tank.
While in flight it is physically impossible for the pilots to dump the
waste water because the valve is usually located on the exterior of
the aircraft.”
2006-07-17 04:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by twofingers_69 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no it is not true that sewage is dumped while flying! why do you think the lav smell so bad after a long trip?? when the aircraft come to the gate , a sewage truck comes and sucks out all the sewage out of the sewage holding tank from a valve under the plane.
2006-07-17 10:31:48 · answer #4 · answered by Marlin Darlin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the CRJ-200 the waste from the toilet is stored in a tank and is off loaded after landing much like an RV, waste water from the bathroom and galley sinks is vented directly overboard through heated vents (to prevent the water from freezing) the water hits the airstream and is instantly turned into a fine mist as we are going around 400 MPH
2006-07-17 03:57:33 · answer #5 · answered by CRJPILOT 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way...There are tanks of sufficent quantity to hold the waste...moreover...the waste is converted into Liquid form...a special chemical is added to the Flush tank for this purpose...
Finally after landing the Ground Staff takes over and amongst the other jobs, they also take care of Water and Lav Servicing, done by special trucks.
2006-07-18 05:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by yusuf s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they did do that they don't do it anymore. Believe it or not they take all the sewage and waste and what not and screen that stuff for illegal drugs. Couriers have been known to swallow stuff and puke it out on planes or # 2 it out and i heard that Law enforcement uses that as evidence against the drug smugglers.
2006-07-17 03:54:50 · answer #7 · answered by tegodreaux 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aircraft toilet waste goes into a holding tank which is emptied into a truck designed especially for that purpose.
2006-07-17 03:55:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NOOOO!!! There is a tank under the plane located by the bathroom of the plane. A man comes over there, and attaches a hose to it and pumps the waste into a container. They DONOT dump in flight... That is one of the ground crews job to do that...
2006-07-17 04:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by Bluechip D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The people that said aircraft hold the waste are correct, the ones with the dumping theory are incorrect.
2006-07-17 10:24:58 · answer #10 · answered by B R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋