Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Composting toilets reduce water usage and do not require flushing. Composting toilets are gaining popularity for a good reason—they are environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and perfect for remote ...

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 ...

Air India has in recent months experienced recurrent disruptions of flights on its international routes due to the overflow of lavatories. The problem has attracted a lot of concern, with many raising ...

The waste from airplane toilets doesn’t just disappear into thin air. What happens to it? A few years ago, a Brit had an unpleasant experience: feces from a plane fell on his head. TRAVELBOOK asked an ...

However, toilets do get blocked relatively often. “It’s only a tiny pipe, and people put things like nappies down – I’ve seen cutlery go down, and [soft drink cans] – they’re fascinated to see whether ...