{"id":3288,"date":"2016-04-29T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/no-a-planes-toilet-doesnt-empty-into-the-sky-and-onto-your-head\/"},"modified":"2016-04-29T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:54:06","slug":"no-a-planes-toilet-doesnt-empty-into-the-sky-and-onto-your-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/29\/no-a-planes-toilet-doesnt-empty-into-the-sky-and-onto-your-head\/","title":{"rendered":"No, a plane's toilet doesn't empty into the sky and onto your head"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The plane toilet is a mysterious contraption.<\/p>\n

Unlike its grounded cousins, it is far louder when it flushes, complete with a giant woosh of air that will freak out the uninitiated.<\/p>\n

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SEE ALSO: Unmanned experimental plane lands vertically without a runaway<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

If you’ve ever been curious as to how plane toilets actually function in the air, the cheery engineers in “The Pee Lab” (seriously) over at Air New Zealand have put together a behind-the-scenes video explainer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You’ll find out that planes don’t go releasing toilet waste in the sky and onto people’s heads, and that a single toilet costs US$17,000.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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