The Haunted Airbus Toilet

I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.

I encountered a noise I have never heard before on a plane (or
anywhere else). In the left-hand toilet by the second-back pair
of exits. A VERY LOUD shrieking, gurgling noise like something
large and alien out of an H.P. Lovecraft story being devoured by
something even larger and more alien. Flushing the loo seemed
to induce a very brief blip in the sound.

What on earth might it have been?

============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557

"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message
...
I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.

No you didn't.

I encountered a noise I have never heard before on a plane (or
anywhere else). In the left-hand toilet by the second-back pair
of exits. A VERY LOUD shrieking, gurgling noise like something
large and alien out of an H.P. Lovecraft story being devoured by
something even larger and more alien. Flushing the loo seemed
to induce a very brief blip in the sound.

Was Ralph Fiennes aboard the aircraft?

See
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...fiennes119.xml

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.
No you didn't.

: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

Why can't they give plane models sensible names like "Floella-Mae",
"Polycarp" or "Murchadhadh"?

============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557

"Chilly8" wrote in message
...

"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message
...
I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.

No you did NOT

The A380 is not scheduled to go into service until the start
of the next decade.

The A380 is ALREADY IN SERVICE, you stupid knuckle-dragging idiot.

GET OFF THESE NEWSGROUPS! YOU'RE TOO STUPID TO PARTICIPATE!

"Jack Campin - bogus address" wrote in message
...
I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.
No you didn't.

: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

Look up the airline website for current flight schedules. With Lufthansa it
was obviously an A340-600 then. But not an A380-600, which doesn't exist.

Why can't they give plane models sensible names like "Floella-Mae",
"Polycarp" or "Murchadhadh"?

Well that may be sensible to some people. But not others. You can clearly
determine the manufacturer and history of aircraft type with the present
system.

Regards

David Bennetts


============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk
==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660
4760
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554
975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739
557

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:


: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

It's not likey to have changed.... A300-600 according to LH.

"Rick Blaine" wrote in message
...
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:


: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

It's not likey to have changed.... A300-600 according to LH.

Which makes it a big thing with two wings and *two* engines. Somebody's
counting skills are suspect. And according to Flightstats.com, it's
an Airbus A300-600 as well (LH 3345 being the A300-600 flying the
IST-FRA direction).
--
dgs

How interesting, this is a case for martin !!!

"Jack Campin - bogus address" a écrit dans le
message de ...
I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.

I encountered a noise I have never heard before on a plane (or
anywhere else). In the left-hand toilet by the second-back pair
of exits. A VERY LOUD shrieking, gurgling noise like something
large and alien out of an H.P. Lovecraft story being devoured by
something even larger and more alien. Flushing the loo seemed
to induce a very brief blip in the sound.

What on earth might it have been?

============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk
==============
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660
4760
http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554
975
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739
557

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:01:45 +0000, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:

I recently flew Frankfurt-Istanbul on an Airbus A380-600.
No you didn't.

: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

Merely type LH3344 in Google.

Flight Status Results
Flight: (LH) Lufthansa 3344
Date: Jan 17, 2008
Status: Scheduled
On-Time: 2.3 of 5 What this?
Duration: 2h 45m
Equipment: Airbus Industrie A300-600 Passenger
Equipment: Airbus Industrie A300-600 Passenger (Actual)

Martin wrote:

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:33:17 -0700, Rick Blaine wrote:

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:


: Date: SATURDAY 22 DEC 07
: Flight: LH3344 Lufthansa
: Depart: FRANKFURT (FRA) at 2210 HRS

whatever that was. (Is there a simple way to find what what plane
filled a particular slot at some time in the past?) Big thing with
two wings and four engines.

It's not likey to have changed.... A300-600 according to LH.

Other than the addition of two engines?

It's quite possible he was mistaken.

--
(*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate -www.davidhorne.net
(email address on website) "If people think God is interesting, the
onus is on them to show that there is anything there to talk about.
Otherwise they should just shut up about it." -Richard Dawkins