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MythBusters: Stuck On An Airline Toilet

Posted 01.23.2003 by Peter Rees, Ser... (10)

On January 23, the Discovery Channel will premiere a quirky new science and technology series. MythBusters takes on modern misconceptions and urban legends -- not just retelling the stories, but putting them to the test. Will six packs of Pop Rocks and six cans of soda make your stomach explode? What happens when you strap a JATO rocket to the roof of a '67 Chevy Impala? And is it possible to get stuck on an airplane toilet?

December, 2001: an obese woman on an SAS flight from Europe excuses herself to the airplane lavatory. For whatever reason -- a lack of energy to stand? a bowlful of mush tickling her behind? -- she decides to flush while sitting on the toilet. With its vacuum-suck action, the toilet vacuum-sucks -- and suddenly this woman experiences the most prolonged, most powerful, most painful ass-hickey of her life. The plane has to land, and the air flight crews have to come pry her off.

But a few days later, the press ran a story claiming this was a hoax... and an urban legend was born.

So what is the truth?

As the producer of MythBusters, its my responsibility to track down clues, sources, and previous research on this myth. That's what led me to PoopReport -- exactly one year ago, when the story broke, PoopReport explored the subject in considerable depth; and your very own Colon Bowel even took to the skies in an effort to uncover the truth.


One of our co-hosts in our toilet, and sitting where the 300-lb ass will soon come to rest.

Mr. Bowel's work is convincing. But we had what he lacked: the means to recreate the scene. With the resources of a global television network at our whim, we set out on a quest to acquire a vacuum pump, an airline toilet, a rig to measure suction power, and a 300-pound ass.

Finding the toilet wasn't a problem. Finding the vacuum wasn't a problem. Building the rig wasn't a problem. But we couldn't very well hire some obese soul to sit on our toilet while we ran the suction -- what if the legend was true? So, in the name of science, we went to the sex-toy industry and manufactured our very own synthetic butt.

A 300 pound gluteus maximus is big. The sheer overwhelming presence of this behemoth is enough to make you realize how strong our poor obese woman's legs must be -- and why she wouldn't want to exert them for such unnecessary endeavors as standing while flushing.

We needed a forklift.

And this is where I leave you: imagining a giant naked ass, dangling from a forklift, gingerly being lowered onto an awaiting toilet. What happened next will surprise you. And of course, I'm not going to tell you -- as the producer, I want you to watch my show.

But rest assured: building on the research of your fellow PoopReporters, we've conclusively proved the veracity of this myth. Was the airline company telling the truth -- was this a hoax, a misunderstanding? Or was the retraction of the story endemic of some great aviation/sewage conspiracy -- and are the skies perhaps not so friendly after all?

The Discovery Channel's MythBusters: Episode II
  • Jan 23 (tonight!), 10:00 PM
  • Jan 24, 1:00 AM
  • Jan 25, 4:00 PM

-- Peter Rees, Series Producer, Discovery Channel



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Tydirium (516) -- 01.23.2003

I hope they give a shout out to the PoopReport on their program!

Pat (37) -- 01.23.2003

Just think...if it was a skinny woman, she may have been sucked right out of the plane.

Psycho (not verified) -- 01.23.2003

Oh man, can you imagine, what will they come up with next in the airline bathrooms, a hose you shove up your arse and it sucks the poop out and you don't even have to sit down.

Sarah (98) -- 01.23.2003

Can't believe I missed the show...just reading the article brought tears of pained laughter to my eyes. A 300-pound synthetic ass....HAHAHAHHAHAHHA....makes me wish I still wrote Weird Wild Web. Dave, I swear to god I'll write you that article one of these days. Which day is still up in the air.

Che (not verified) -- 01.24.2003

we have the producer from a "global television network" writing stories on PR?? well, "commercial" is more like it, but still that's pretty cool! looks like i'll be staying up late tonight to catch the show.

so Dave, how many networks have you conquered now? The BBC and DSC? still a few more to go, but what an accomplishment!

Chip Brown (201) -- 01.24.2003

I wish I had cable television.

Snapper (170) -- 01.25.2003

God, the suspense! Did anyone see it? What's the verdict? I only have shit ass basic cable, so I didn't see it.

Dave (11627) -- 01.25.2003

Next week (I think) we'll be posting the results of their investigation...

Dan (38) -- 01.30.2003

Great Programs, I loved them. They were all so informative and at times funny. I do have one questions that you should be able to answer for me. In watching the airline toliet segment, the crew went to an aircraft salvage yard to get some of the parts to conduct the test. I noticed that one part that they handled looked like a light or air vent of the same type I have been looking for to use on a Robot project I am currently working on. Would it be possible to tell me the name of the company and city that this scrap yard is in.

Thanks in advance and will be waiting for the next great episodes.

popoiuyhyhhgh (not verified) -- 03.01.2003

i fucken hate these pics of crap!pperverts

Shitsucker (not verified) -- 03.01.2003

you are a gay fag with the i.q of a shit. Crap is not ment to be taken a picture of. W/e

slim jim junkie (not verified) -- 06.14.2003

Pat, planes do not unload shit on the people below. they have a shit container that is empyted on the runway with a machine.

Jeff Bearce (not verified) -- 01.08.2004

It is amazing how a true story can become twisted and contorted over the years. The story of the obese woman being stuck on a airline toilet because of pressure difference is true. Only it was 1971, Pan Am Airlines, a Boeing 707, and a Webber toilet. It was during the decent of the jetliner, not the flush. How do I know? Because it was my dad, as a Boeing Field Service representative stationed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, who got her off the toilet. He and a flight attendant, aftr the plane had landed, had to reach up under the blanket now covering her lower body and wiggle their finger between her legs and the toilet set to break the seal. At the time airline toilets were not vented. After that incident all toilets on Boeing jets were vented to prevent such a thing from happening again. You also have to understand, this, according to my dad, was a very fat woman, sitting on a small toilet, in a small restroom. It would not take much to be stuck, at least so that she could not get up.

P.S. Love the show.

PooperGal (not verified) -- 01.27.2004

I have got to know... what did they do with the 300lb rubber ass? Did they give it back to the sex toy maker? I can't believe that someone wouldn't want to keep it as a piece of art (piece o' fart) or something.

The Shit Volcano (3740) -- 02.24.2004

I love this show! But I haven't seen this episode. Knowing those guys, PooperGal, they probably kept it. Have you seen all the shit they've got in the background? Some pretty weird stuff, man!

Hugo Pavan (not verified) -- 06.22.2004

I love mythbuster and I want one section about mythbuster.

Snapper (170) -- 08.01.2004

This subject came up in drunk conversation the other night and people started talking about this show. Good conversation piece, and good job, guys!

ChiNo (not verified) -- 10.09.2004

soy chileno y veo el programa myth busters siempre...es muy bueno...es uno de mis favoritos...VIVA CHILE!!

Arquimdes C (not verified) -- 10.22.2004

Mythbusters es lo mejor que hay para entretener, ya que sus mitos son muy bien comprobados.
bueno, soy de Chileeeeeee .

gall tibor (not verified) -- 11.13.2004

your the bast man!

kichi (not verified) -- 12.05.2004

muera chile

TheBlackWidowNor (not verified) -- 01.12.2005

yeah, this episode is great! If you missed it you can read a synopse on www.mythbustersfanclub.com

kp0ch4 (not verified) -- 01.23.2005

el programa esta buenisimo es el mejor q e visto y me gustaria saber cuando sera la proxima temporada

luis (not verified) -- 06.20.2005

gosto do voso trabanho, so de portugual os mitos algus são isolitos.
Continoem

Anonymous (not verified) -- 10.28.2005

How did Jesus walk on water, please do it on your show please

Fart Poopie (1257) -- 01.23.2006

The spanish comments are mildly amusing. Whoever wrote them actually thinks that this IS the mythbusters site.

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