Interesting story. I'd always figured it was dumped over the ocean or something, too, but now I know. There are the occasional malfunctions that generate reports of chunks of blue ice landing in populated areas (and I don't mean the kind you'd want keeping your tuna salad sandwich chilled in your lunchbox) but I suspect there's a percentage of those that are merely urban myths.
The mechanical operation IS what I'd estimate to be ten times louder than God shouting if he caught his thumb in a doorway, and it's
another reason (aside from the odor after 10 hours of flying) to avoid the seats adjacent to the restrooms if you have any thoughts of trying to sleep.
Although a link to Seat Guru is on my site reference list I'm listing it here, too:
http://www.seatguru.com/. It's
very handy.
PS - Cue the derogatory posts about "another poo thread" in three... two... one...
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