2006-10-11 13:36:59 · 20 answers · asked by Franklins Mount 2 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
It is different for different type of aircraft. What also matters is at what altitude and over what area the plane is flying.
There is a way to dump the load actually when flying over the seas and oceans and over nonpopulated areas.
Btw, those whe were arguing that a hole in lavatory would couse pressure problems... it's not true. In fact the planes are acutally using the pressure difference for the suction. When you drain the water tank in lavatory, everything is being sucked so quck that might hold you had still not to get sucked ( a joke :) So in fact yes they sometimes just dump it there.
2006-10-11 13:50:37 · answer #1 · answered by Vladimir Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is flushed into a waste box in the airplane itself and they have tanks of water to flush with. I'm pretty sure it doesn't get flushed out of the air plane in mid air since it would be disgusting and also if there is an opening in the plane, the airpressure would cause some problems.
2006-10-11 13:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by John R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A truck with a sign on the side of it that will read, "Lavoratory Services" connects to the airplane and sucks everything out through a tube. I don't wanna know where it goes or who's job it is to do what afterwards.
"Hey baby, you lookin good handlin' all that luggage - let's hook up later - jus look for the playa drivin the Lavoratory Services truck".
2006-10-11 13:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Fun and Games 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is cycled right into a waste water preserving tank that's serviced on the floor by using a undeniable truck. it is serious this occurs, as quickly as i became in course to Beijing from Chicago and we had to divert to Anchorage Alaska by way of preserving tanks hit max means and as quickly as that occurs to loos close down. Come to confirm they did not get serviced in Chicago! not good! All in all i became on that plane 30 hours!
2016-11-27 23:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by orson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is pumped out in to a tank truck when the plane has landed, then dumped in a sewer
2006-10-11 13:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by Summo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is emptied on the ground, My father used to have a job at Brisbane airport which included emptying the sewerage tanks!
2006-10-11 13:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by Mark Antony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
works like an RV, the waste goes into a holding tank and is then emptied when it is on the ground to an approved receptical.
2006-10-11 13:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by grapelady911 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pumped out on the ground
2006-10-11 13:38:33 · answer #8 · answered by Chris C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's obviously pumped out on the ground. You wouldn't wnt human waste falling on your head would you?
2006-10-11 13:39:31 · answer #9 · answered by john m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the pilot keeps a list of farmers on his vector who need fertilizing of their fields from the air that day so they make quickie drops you're not aware of .
2006-10-11 13:39:06 · answer #10 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋