Ever Wonder What Happens To Your Poop In An Airplane Toilet? It’s Actually Amazing

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Not only is it unpleasant to have human waste fall in great globs from the sky, it’s also dangerous.

So clearly another system had to be adopted.

Bye-bye blue swirl!

In fact, airlines started switching over to a vacuum system in the ’80s.

Water is not a good choice for airplanes. Just imagine being stuffed into that lavatory when the plane hits turbulence. You’ll be thankful for the suction when you don’t get splashed with dark blue, chemical-laced water.

When you push the button to flush the toilet, it opens a valve that sucks down the waste in the Teflon-coated bowl.

The system pulls your poop away at the speed of a race car, delivering it to a large holding tank.

These tanks don’t leak like the old system might have, and there’s no blue chemical to create ice.

But they have to be emptied before the plane can take off again. It’s a dirty job, but there’s a truck for that — named the Honey Truck, of all things — and a brave, unsung hero with a hose.

Chances are, it’s already off the plane while you’re still standing in the aisle, trying to gauge how fast you’ll have to run to make your connecting flight.

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