Cleaner skies: Boeing designs self-sterilizing jet bathrooms

NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing engineers think they have a solution for smelly, grimy airplane bathrooms: ultraviolet light.
The aircraft manufacturer has filed a patent for a self-cleaning lavatory that disinfects all surfaces in just three seconds.
Many passengers would welcome more sanitary airplane bathrooms, but they may have to wait a while to benefit from Boeing’s technology.
The typical domestic plane has just three bathrooms — one in first class and two at the rear. That numbe