Call us crazy, but "a single loose valve can cause all toilets to fail" seems like a pretty significant design bug for an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Instead of water, airplane toilets use a vacuum mechanism to suck waste into a holding tank and, despite rumors, it's safe to flush while seated on the toilet. If you're reading this, you've probably ...