Crossley, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University, airplane-toilet functionality has more to do with air pressure than water pressure—that’s why the flushing noise on ...

Per ScienceDaily, airplane toilets flush with only a little ... which included adding more piping to extend the distance between the toilet and flush valve. Playing around with that, including ...

It’s a crappy job, all puns intended,” said Brent Wells whose company repairs airplane toilets and pipes that have been ...

When you press the flush button, this system kicks into action. But the intriguing part is what happens next – and it’s not what you might expect. The journey of toilet waste on a plane is a ...

iStock Aircraft toilets operate on a vacuum system. When the toilet’s flush button is pressed, a valve opens and the vacuum sucks the waste in the bowl into a holding tank. Only a small amount ...

iStock Aircraft toilets operate on a vacuum system. When the toilet’s flush button is pressed, a valve opens and the vacuum sucks the waste in the bowl into a holding tank. Only a small amount ...

OSLO, Norway --A female passenger on a Scandanavian Airways flight has filed a complaint to the airline after she was stuck to the plane's toilet for two hours. The passenger, an American who did ...