http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38388351India to fine airlines for 'dropping' poo
21 December 2016
Human waste occasionally forms around the overflow outlets for aeroplane toilets before plummeting to the ground
Airlines in India will be fined 50,000 rupees ($736; £594) if their planes release human waste from toilets in the air, a court has ruled.
A petitioner had alleged that aircraft had been dumping waste over residential areas near the airport in Delhi.
Plane toilets store human waste in special tanks.
These are normally disposed of once the plane has landed. But international aviation authorities acknowledge that lavatory leaks can occur in the air.
A court has asked the aviation regulator to make sure that aircraft do not release human waste from air while landing or anywhere near the airports.
Why is human waste falling from India's skies?
The National Green Tribunal, an environment court, also directed the regulator to ensure "that aircraft on landing shall be subjected to surprise inspection to see that human waste tanks are not empty", the Press Trust of India reported.
"If any aircraft is found to be violating such circular or [their] tanks are found empty on landing, they shall be subjected to environment compensation of 50,000 rupees per default," the court said.
The order followed a plea by a retired army officer who accused airlines of dumping human waste over Delhi's residential areas.
The officer said the "walls and floors" of the terrace of his house near the airport "are splattered with large patches of excreta dumped by aircraft flying in front of the airport".
India to fine airlines for 'dropping' poo
India to fine airlines for 'dropping' poo
Anyone who has spent time in India knows to be very careful where you walk or you're likely to step in someone's steaming al fresco dump. But better keep one eye down and the other eye up there, because it seems the human waste is literally falling from above too.
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