Let’s take a Boeing 747 flying an average distance, in this plane with 416 people, a passenger uses the toilet an average of 2.4 times during the flight. almost the entire flight. a four-person jacuzzi stool accumulates enough to fill it. So where does all this feces go?

Senior Aeronautical Engineer We consulted Meriç Kahvecioğlu about this. Let’s see what solution has been found to this problem:

If you’ve ever used airplane toilets, you know how noisy they are. Or does the sound come from the atmosphere when the hole in the bottom is opened?

Of course not. These toilets are very different from the toilets in our home. It’s really loud vacuum system take it out. Suitable for modern aviation needs, this vacuum toilet was patented in 1975. The invention was placed on Boeing aircraft in 1982 and helped solve some of the problems associated with flush toilets.

Vacuum toilets are much better than flush toilets. uses less water and much lighter. This makes them more economical with fuel and space.

Thanks to this vacuum system and a blue disinfectant called SkyKem, no dirt is left in the toilet.

When you flush, a lid at the bottom of the toilet opens and disinfectant called SkyKem spreads to the toilet. The loud noise you hear while flushing is actually the sound of the vacuum cleaner sucking the waste out of the waterless toilet bowl. The exit speed of the waste from the hopper is higher than that of a Formula 1 car.

Vacuum toilets have been around for more than 30 years, but in 2016 Boeing released a prototype of a new self-cleaning toilet. ultraviolet light, If it shines for three seconds, it can kill 99.99% of pathogens.

There is a clean and a waste water tank on the plane, the two are independent of each other. These are completely closed during the flight.

The waste in the toilet goes through the lines of the aircraft to the rear of the aircraft and can only be accessed from outside the aircraft. stays in a tank.

When the plane lands safely, the waste in this tank is transported to the waste truck with a large hose.

Waste brought to truck From there it goes to the nearest sewer building.

Yes, the garbage is collected in the plane’s tank, but you can still get a poop on your head!

There are many examples of this. This rare situation is usually experienced in the vacuum mechanism in the warehouse. caused by malfunctions. The leaks can freeze in the air and turn into ice the size of a football. The reason it’s blue is the sanitizer called SkyKem, which we mentioned above. If it falls on your head, death is inevitable.

If one day a piece of feces turned into ice falls on you, you may be told that you will experience the opposite of happiness. Because this metal birds You don’t want the feces falling on you.

In addition, not only feces, but also fuel can get on you.

If an emergency landing is required immediately after take-off, the aircraft must be unloaded to reduce its weight. As sole remedy as passengers and luggage cannot be unloaded fuel is discharged. Emergency landing may be required in cases such as bird strike, lightning strike, passenger sickness, engine failure.

If indeed all airplane droppings were thrown from the sky on the ground, you would already know the definitive answer to this question!

Only the fountain and the slightly polluted water are drained, but because they are passed through a special heating system. they immediately evaporate into the air, It is not even possible to fall to the ground.