Travelers marvel at unique location of plane’s bathrooms: ‘This looks luxury to me’
It’s a literal poop deck.
An airplane passenger blew minds after revealing the unique location of the lavatory on a Lufthansa flight, which he detailed in a TikTok video with nearly 5 million views.
“I’ve never seen this on a plane before,” wrote the user — who goes by @downielive on the platform — in the clip’s caption.
In the accompanying footage, the flyer is seen standing in the aisle as he reveals: “This is a normal commercial airplane, it’s not a double-decker…but the bathroom is downstairs.”
He then pans the camera to a staircase, which leads down to a room with five restroom cubicles.
“How cool is that?” exclaims the content creator, who flings open one of the doors to reveal the lavatory, which is of a fairly standard airplane sizedespite its quirky location.
He later revealed that he was on one of Lufthansa’s special fleet of Airbus’ A340-600s, which, as the flyer discovered, put their bathrooms in the cargo hold, One Mile At A Time reported.
The lower-level lavatories are located in the middle of the cabin and feature dog barrier-like gate to keep passengers from toppling down the stairs.
It’s reportedly the only commercial plane whose loos are located on a lower level.
Needless to say, TikTok users were amazed by the unique lavatory layout with one commenting: “This looks luxury to me!”
“Yes….I don’t want to smell the bathroom anywhere near my seat!!” exclaimed another.
“What’s crazy is being in socks walking around,” wrote a third, referencing the trend of travelers strolling about planes sans shoes.
Others joked that this secluded loo location presented the perfect opportunity to join the “mile-high club.”
Uniquely-situated lavatories aren’t the only noteworthy feature of the A340-600, which, at 247 feet from nose to tail, is the second longest passenger plane in service after the 747-8.
Interestingly, the model was suspended from skies during the pandemic and was even slated to be retired.
However, Lufthansa brought back a handful of them to handle the unprecedented resurgence of air passenger traffic after COVID-era restrictions were lifted.
