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A business class lavatory with a window, on board an Air Canada Boeing 777-200LR (2011) An aircraft lavatory or plane toilet is a small unisex room on an aircraft with a toilet and sink. They are commonplace on passenger flights except some short-haul flights. Aircraft toilets were historically chemical toilets, but many now use a vacuum flush ...
A man connects the waste suction hose to the lavatory service outlet on the underbelly of a C-17 Globemaster III, enabling him to suck the waste into a tank in the truck shown in the background. Lavatory service vehicles empty and refill lavatories onboard aircraft. Waste is stored in tanks on the aircraft until these vehicles can empty them ...
PECO Passenger Service Unit for the Boeing 737 Oxygen masks deployed from a PSU. A passenger service unit (PSU) is an aircraft component situated above each row in the overhead panel above the passenger seats in the cabin of airliners.
The Department of Transportation announced a rule that will require most new planes to have accessible bathrooms starting in 2035.
A Royal Australian Air Force aircraftswoman demonstrating the use of an oxygen mask during a pre-flight safety demonstration on board an Australian Airbus A330 MRTT. A pre-flight safety briefing (also known as a pre-flight demonstration, in-flight safety briefing, in-flight safety demonstration, safety instructions, or simply the safety video) is a detailed explanation given before take-off to ...
A Passenger Service System or PSS is a network of software applications that help airlines manage all the passenger-related operations from ticketing to boarding. [1] The PSS usually comprises an airline reservations system , an airline inventory system and a departure control system (DCS).
The hydraulic system is also used to extend and retract landing gear, operate flaps and slats, operate the wheel brakes and steering systems. Hydraulic systems consist of engine driven pumps, fluid reservoirs, oil coolers, valves and actuators. Redundancy for safety is often provided by the use of multiple, isolated systems. [3]
A diagram of the aft pressure bulkhead of the Boeing 747 used on Japan Air Lines Flight 123. Multiple instances of damage to the aft pressure bulkhead have occurred; while a few cases have led to serious failures leading to aircraft losses, others have proven to be survivable.