British man and his garden splashed with human waste dumped from a passing plane
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An unnamed man from Windsor and his garden was left ‘covered’ in excrement from a plane flying overhead.
Talk about the worst of luck.
The dumping happened "fairly centrally" to Windsor in mid-July. Photo from user Cmglee at Wikipedia.
According to Karen Davis, councillor for Clewer East, the guy was out in his garden in fairly central Windsor when the unfortunate incident happened.
"He was out in the garden at the time, so a really horrible, horrible experience."
She went on to describe that the sewage waste dumped from the plane covered him, his whole garden, even the umbrellas.
The resident himself approached Councillor Davis to tell her about the grim incident but added that he wouldn’t be pursuing any insurance claim against the airline.
"Obviously he wasn't going to do that for the sake of a couple of garden umbrellas, in terms of bumping up his premium, so he's just sort of had to take it on the chin," said Davis.
She added: "Hopefully it never happens again to any of our residents."
The local victim also managed to contact the airline, which denied that its plane was in the area. They later confirmed it when the resident was able to identify the aircraft via a router tracking application.
The name of the airline involved in the incident was not revealed though Councillor Davis said it was “based a very long way away from here”.
Plane toilets store sewage in special tanks, which are normally disposed of once the plane has landed. Photo by Airman Valerie Monroy.
According to John Bowden, councillor for Eton & Castle, the “one in a billion chance” could have been an effect of the warm weather.
"We used to have problems with blue ice [frozen human waste and disinfectant] on arrivals but that was because those toilets used to leak,” said Whitfield parish councillor Geoff Paxton, who has worked at airports for 40 years.
He called the incident "very rare" and one he had not seen in a long time.
Paxton followed with an explanation that vacuum toilets in modern aircraft were much more secure. However, the human waste from the incident could have been something that came out of the vent at a low altitude, given that there was less pressure below 6,000 ft.
This is based on an article written by James Bayley for MailOnline.
Talk about the worst of luck.
The dumping happened "fairly centrally" to Windsor in mid-July. Photo from user Cmglee at Wikipedia.
According to Karen Davis, councillor for Clewer East, the guy was out in his garden in fairly central Windsor when the unfortunate incident happened.
"He was out in the garden at the time, so a really horrible, horrible experience."
She went on to describe that the sewage waste dumped from the plane covered him, his whole garden, even the umbrellas.
The resident himself approached Councillor Davis to tell her about the grim incident but added that he wouldn’t be pursuing any insurance claim against the airline.
"Obviously he wasn't going to do that for the sake of a couple of garden umbrellas, in terms of bumping up his premium, so he's just sort of had to take it on the chin," said Davis.
She added: "Hopefully it never happens again to any of our residents."
The local victim also managed to contact the airline, which denied that its plane was in the area. They later confirmed it when the resident was able to identify the aircraft via a router tracking application.
The name of the airline involved in the incident was not revealed though Councillor Davis said it was “based a very long way away from here”.
Plane toilets store sewage in special tanks, which are normally disposed of once the plane has landed. Photo by Airman Valerie Monroy.
According to John Bowden, councillor for Eton & Castle, the “one in a billion chance” could have been an effect of the warm weather.
"We used to have problems with blue ice [frozen human waste and disinfectant] on arrivals but that was because those toilets used to leak,” said Whitfield parish councillor Geoff Paxton, who has worked at airports for 40 years.
He called the incident "very rare" and one he had not seen in a long time.
Paxton followed with an explanation that vacuum toilets in modern aircraft were much more secure. However, the human waste from the incident could have been something that came out of the vent at a low altitude, given that there was less pressure below 6,000 ft.
This is based on an article written by James Bayley for MailOnline.
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I wouldnt put it past these airlines!
