2006-12-25 18:59:12 · 3 answers · asked by cutie-pie 3 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Its all Vacuum !
The typical home toilet uses a bowl filled with water. When you flush the toilet, it starts a siphon that drains the bowl. Gravity then carries the water into the septic tank or the sewer system.
Airplane toilets use vacuum toilets. When you flush, it opens a valve in the sewer line, and the vacuum in the line sucks the contents out of the bowl and into a tank. Because the vacuum does all the work, consumes very little water to clean the bowl for the next person.
2006-12-25 19:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by Pluuuto 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The tanks are typically emptied by the line crews at the airport.
2006-12-25 23:40:18 · answer #2 · answered by PriJet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
after you flush it goes to a tank in the plane. like a mini septic-tank.
2006-12-25 19:04:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋