Sooooo this is one of the main headlines over here... and i am all... like... Ewwwww as ... what do aeroplanes really do with toliet stuffs... like do they really drop it on people... and what does my head in more... is that it is one of the main stories on our current affairs show... D: and worse still is that the forums seem so boring lately that i take the time to post this all here... D:

Engineer adds to stink over flying poo

By Beck Vass

5:30 AM Friday Jan 21, 2011

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A retired aircraft engineer with more than 40 years' experience has lifted the lid on what could be the source of a brown substance which has been spattering properties and people in South Auckland.

Drury resident Andrew Burns has battled for information from Airways NZ and the CAA and is still fighting to be given a list of the planes flying in the vicinity of his property on September 5 when his wife, children, car and home were sprayed with human faeces.

It is the second such incident at his home since 2007.

The Civil Aviation Authority says there is no evidence the faeces came from a plane because it was not tested for chemicals used in aircraft toilets.

The authority and airlines have said the substance cannot come from planes.

They say aircraft toilet systems have pressurised systems that cannot leak, using vacuum systems that suck waste into holding tanks at the rear of the plane.

When the planes have landed, hoses are connected and waste is taken away for treatment.

But the engineer, who asked not to be named, said it was common to find faulty sensors in aircraft toilet systems.

The sensors are supposed to show when a system is becoming full and stop it from working so it cannot be used.

But he said the sensors were prone to failure - often when they became covered by a piece of toilet paper or had a broken cable or connection.

When this occurred, an aircraft toilet sometimes still flushed, sucking any waste into a full tank, resulting in overflows that leaked from the aircraft.

He said the matter was often reported to airlines, but nothing was ever done about it.

Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue and Jetstar do not believe the incident on September 5 could be caused by their planes.

A spokesman for Air New Zealand said the airline's waste system would shut down when the tank became full and the toilet would stop working, but it could not result in leaks.

A Pacific Blue spokesman said it had had only two instances in the history of the airline where sensors had failed.

In both cases, the toilets had stopped working with tanks that were only half full. Jetstar also said leaks could not occur on its fleet.

The cases the Herald has been told of occurred in the afternoon.

The former engineer believes this is consistent with airlines using aircraft for several journeys over a day without emptying the tanks - or from long-haul flights.

The CAA dealt with about 30 reports of a mystery substance spattering properties in 2003, mostly in the Waikato - all of which were blamed on birds.

Information on the United States Federal Aviation Administration website also notes that incidents involving waste from birds had led to complaints from members of the public believing plane toilet systems had leaked.

A CAA spokeswoman said the authority was continuing to investigate the matter.

http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/close-encounters-mystery-droppings-4003867/video

why don't you leave me the fuck alone and grow up????????????????

Oh hai vic... i aren't leaving you alone till you can state that i was never lying... rather i was informing you of what people were saying about you... until then i will hit you whenever i feel like it... take care... enjoy the game...

I told you several times that I wasn't ruffnite but you continued to fuck with me even though you knew I wasn't him...I was super cool and said its what ever, if you not a liar then you would have let it go but I guess the truth hurts uhh???

hm? i didnt even read anything about him

awwww you are so silly... i didn't keep fucking with you over being that... i kept messing with you... cause you were a right prick to me... and to some people i cared about... so... the issue is... that you called me a liar... i didn't lie... never did... so if you wanna keep calling me one then imma keep hitting you... oh... and if you actually ever manage to get into my cell... i will never stop whacking you...

I call BULLSHIT! You been hitting me for 7 or 8 weeks and I don't have to apologize to youbecause you feel guilty...you shouldn't get people to put you up to it. How dumb do you look hitting me cause I said your're a liar...I been called all types of shit but i m a grown man and I know what the fuck I am! You told somebody to grow up but you the fucking immature constant in this shit right here...iwhat I say shouldn't mean shit to you...

Put me in there, so what's new the last 2 months? You driving down on me cause I said you was a liar??? Forreal??? Back in november? You got issues, I'm going off of what you pm'd me then, when I brought it up you changed the story so what's that called when a person change the story in kiwi land???? Its a lie in my book, I ignored you for weeks but this shit is dumb to keep it up and now I found out why, makes it even dumber....you first said it cause of ru but now the truth comes out