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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8378...
How are the tanks emptied? when on the ground into a tanker...or when in the air...?
How are the tanks emptied? when on the ground into a tanker...or when in the air...?
the-gofer said:
530dTPhil said:
Read the article!
"The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110kph (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights."
So what happens when the plane is going faster than 68mph? "The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110kph (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights."
( http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a... ) BTW :P
GreenDog said:
I recently read a tale from a guy who empties the tanks and he'd been unfortunate enough to be standing under the pipe when the coupling failed. Would have fancied car sharing with him on the way home that day !
I wonder what he said when it happened.....I'm going with OH s
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I heard a tale from a mate who was a pilot, that when they extended the 747 to the 747-300 or 400 model they used to get blockages in the pipework.
So the engineers turned up the vacuum a bit. Which resulted in "things" flying along the pipes at much higher speeds. These then flew across the tank and impacted on the opposite side of the tanks, resulting in dents appearing in the tanks and an audible bang in the cabin above the tanks!
So the engineers turned up the vacuum a bit. Which resulted in "things" flying along the pipes at much higher speeds. These then flew across the tank and impacted on the opposite side of the tanks, resulting in dents appearing in the tanks and an audible bang in the cabin above the tanks!
GuinnessMK said:
I heard a tale from a mate who was a pilot, that when they extended the 747 to the 747-300 or 400 model they used to get blockages in the pipework.
So the engineers turned up the vacuum a bit. Which resulted in "things" flying along the pipes at much higher speeds. These then flew across the tank and impacted on the opposite side of the tanks, resulting in dents appearing in the tanks and an audible bang in the cabin above the tanks!
sounds like a load of sSo the engineers turned up the vacuum a bit. Which resulted in "things" flying along the pipes at much higher speeds. These then flew across the tank and impacted on the opposite side of the tanks, resulting in dents appearing in the tanks and an audible bang in the cabin above the tanks!
t to me 
Los Palmas 7 said:
Pkh72 said:
Is it considered bad form to have a threepenny bit in an aircraft bog?
Sort out your rhyming slang, old chap - It's "Tom Tit", or "Pony"."Thrupny Bits" refer to ladies jumper-bumps.
HTH
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