How Do Plane Toilets Work? | Earth Science

Greg Foot explains how plane toilets actually work and whether the urban myth of toilets being able to suck your insides out is true!

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[laddaevolta]

i was expecting more technical details about the vacuum pump system

[TRXRVlogger]

This video should be called "History Of Air Plain Toilets"

[JusstyteN]

still didnt explain how do plain toilets work

[JayLikesLasers]

You didn't really explain how toilets work on aeroplanes; this frustrated me. A freaking diagram or something man, the whole video only managed to communicate a vague description written in two words, 'pressure differential'.

[joeymirandi]

the test tube in the background looks like a bong

[Capecodham]

5 minute video with 1 minute of informaton

[CharlieWoodwardMedia]

And why did YouTube recommend this to me? 🤔😂

[AeroMad]

For clarification, modern aircraft toilet systems allow the drainage of liquid into the atmosphere but solid matter is kept in the waste tank. To prevent the the liquid becoming a block of ice on the side of the plane, liquid is drained through a heated probe which is commonly found at the rear of the aircraft.

[simsforever]

the loud noise is scary. it always scares me

[agrozema]

I work as a airplane technician and I do parts of the toilet system from time to time. From the toilet itself to the vacuum blower that creates the suction.

[VinylBeatzOfficial]

Since I'm watching this on the toilet.. Who else does not like taking a dump with their jacket/sweater on?

[Frosty-ojhw]

Mythbusters tackled this like 15 years ago.

[Jstubbs]

I would imagine you would have to be morbidly obese in order to create an airtight seal while flushing.

[ZephFTW]

Am I the only who gets caught of guard by how loud the toilet is and gets scared?

[amitBihar]

This actually happened recently when an old lady's intestines were literally pulled out because of vacuum toilets. Boeing has made design changes to tackle for future

[christopherpadilla]

Birds still show us who's boss in the air, when they fly into plane engines, and make a plane crash.

[bean.]

Why is there a bong next to your head?

[bmaiceman]

A little piece of info you misst... While the toilet does NOT dump into the air The Bathroom SINK DOES!!! IT actually has a heating system to insure the liquid does not freeze in the pipe before being ejected into the open wind!!! Granted the amount of water used in a sink is usually pretty low Still!! Now you know where your scumy hand wash water goes!

[Jstubbs]

Who flushes while they are still sitting?

[Steamrick]

Mythbusters actually tested the 'get sucked into an airplane toilet' myth in Season 1 Episode 2 (Biscuit Bazooka) and declared it busted.