The planes keep secrets that only those who project them or work on them, such as pilots and cabin crew, knows. Many passengers believe that the place with the most bacteria on the plane is the bathroom or that everything disappears in the air after a discharge. The reality is quite different and was recently explained by an American pilot who undid one of the oldest aviation myths.
The person responsible for this revelation was 30 -year -old Garrett Ray, a pilot residing in Dallas, Texas. In addition to running aircraft, it usually shares on the @flywithgarrett profile curiosities about professional life, from riders to licenses during the scales.
The publication in which he approached the toilets on board added more than two million views and almost 58,000 tastes, according to the Spanish digital newspaper HuffPost.
Closed aircraft system
As he explained, the toilets do not throw the waste into the air. The system is fully closed and each discharge is sucked at high pressure to a warehouse located at the bottom of the aircraft.
Inside, waste is mixed with a blue liquid that neutralizes odors and helps decompose fats. When the plane lands, a specialized technical team is responsible for emptying and sanitizing deposits, says the same source.
Mechanism used on all flights
This mechanism applies to all flights, whether short or long lasting. Garrett Ray also added that a Boeing 747 can withstand up to a thousand discharges in a single intercontinental flight, accumulating over 1,200 liters of waste.
Surprise Reactions
The revelation generated hundreds of comments, according to the. Many remembered their childhood humorously when they believed the waste fell straight from the plane: “I thought it was lying out.” Others chose to highlight the usefulness of the explanation: “It is a relief to know that when I feel a drop falls and the sky is clean are not the remains of a plane.”
Between surprise and laughter, the certainty was shared by several users: “It’s true what you say, you always learn something new every day.”
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