How do you connect to the internet while barreling through the sky at 500 miles per hour? How can you brew hot food and drinks at high altitude? And most important of all, how does a toilet work at 40 ...

When you gotta go, you gotta go–even at 30,000 feet. The alarming noise ensues when you press the “flush” button in an airplane toilet and the bowl’s contents are magically sucked away into oblivion.

Airplanes are marvels of engineering, but have you ever wondered about the science behind their toilets? Unlike the ones we're used to on the ground, airplane toilets are specially designed for the ...

A woman has shown how strong the suction on airplane toilets is, using a clever trick to demonstrate. Jocelyn Saribay was on a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Las Vegas on November 6, 2024, ...

Airplanes have never deliberately shot their toilet waste into the atmosphere, not even in the old days, says Jones. But if a leak occurs in the discharge pipe, since mid-air temperatures are well ...

We often think about how planes work – how they get into the air, and stay there safely. What we think about less are the everyday functions taking place on onboard. Air circulation, heating food and ...