Cathay Pacific says its fleet of Airbus planes has been hit by a spate of mysterious toilet blockages.

Feco-terrorism.

In other cases, the number of passengers boarding flights had to be restricted because of toilet problems.

Just use the barf bags they put with bad magazines in the seat backs.

The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110km/h (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights.

Damn, next time I need to squeeze out a chocolate loaf an an airbus, I'll just squat, relax, and let the suction do the work.

Just use the barf bags they put with bad magazines in the seat backs.

The crew change helicopters are jammed tight. There are no bathrooms on them of course. A few months ago when "D" crew came out, one of the passengers had a sudden case of explosive diarrhea during the 1.5 hour flight. I understand he went through 4 barf bags shitting. I don't even want to know how he did it with someone sitting on each side of him and with the ceiling a couple of inchesover him. The smell in that small of a volume would've been atrocious as it is, but to be sitting butt to butt next to someone shitting into a barf bag? Fuck.

The smell in that small of a volume would've been atrocious as it is, but to be sitting butt to butt next to someone shitting into a barf bag? Fuck.

I imagine he took some shit for that when he was back on the ground.

I imagine he took some shit for that when he was back on the ground.

I'm not even sure I know the guy since "D" crew is exactly opposite mine ("B" crew. They get here the day I leave and vice versa), but I'm sure he did! LOL Funny thing, we rode the helicopter back to shore that brought him to the rig and we didn't notice anything amiss, though we did see the pilot inspecting the seat while we watched through the window of the helicopter waiting room. At the time we were wondering WTF he was doing. I guess the guy had good aim. I was told by someone else that a couple of people lent -- er, gave -- him their undershirts to wipe his ass with.

Damn, sounds like it could have been a lot worse.

Imagine if the chopper hit some rough air.

The toilets use high-speed vacuum pipes to take waste at up to 110km/h (68mph) into a holding tank, which is then emptied between flights.

.....yeah.......but they have to wait till they're over Karachi.......