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Bookmark or ShareToilets on the ground, like the one in your bathroom, use siphons to flush — water enters the siphon and drains via gravity to a sewage system or septic tank. But aircraft lavatories can't be built using siphons because water can't sit in a bowl on a plane because, well, spillage. More @Wikipedia
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- Everything You (Never) Wanted to Know About Airplane ToiletsToilets on the ground, like the one in your bathroom, use siphons to flush — water enters the siphon and drains via gravity to a sewage system or septic tank. But aircraft lavatories can't be built using siphons because water can't sit in a bowl on a plane because, well, spillage.
- How Airplane Bathrooms Work: From Waste to WaterThis is because airplane bathrooms use a vacuum system to get rid of waste instead of the siphons found on toilets on the ground. An airplane bathroom works by sucking the waste out of the toilet bowel and into a waste tank found at the back of the plane.
- The 6 Best Airplane Bathrooms On Any Airline - One Mile at a TimeThere are some pretty incredible airplane bathrooms out there. While nothing can compete with Emirates’ amazing shower suites, there are plenty of other impressive ones out there as well, including everything from vanities, to bidets, to urinals.
- The Etiquette Rules of Getting Up to Use the Airplane BathroomWhat’s proper airplane bathroom etiquette when your seatmate is sleeping? No one likes being woken up from a nap, especially on a red-eye or a long flight. “If the person next to you is snoozing,...
- What Actually Happens When You Flush an Airplane Toilet? - Reader's DigestAirlines introduced a toilet that used Anotec—blue deodorizing gel that flushed away waste and combated odor. It wasn’t without its problems though; airlines had to store gallons of the...
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