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Plenty of 737's have had explosive depressurization with injuries or fatalities, most recently this year https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43818752 http
by wahern 8y ago
Plenty of 737's have had explosive depressurization with injuries or fatalities, most recently this year
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43818752 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43818752
and one of the most famous incidents (in the U.S.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloha_Airlines_Flight_243
Both were from fatigue, but fatigue doesn't have to be a gradual thing; it could come from a single hit that causes the pressure vessel to fail at altitude.
See the whole list here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression#Notable_decompression_accidents_and_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontrolled_decompression#Not...
- jacquesm 8y agoAnd yet, it landed!
- wahern 8y agoIndeed, but the two previous posters were discussing counter-factuals.
- TylerE 8y agoThe difference is that happens at altitude. When the plane has just taken off there is no pressure differential. There’s no energy TO explode.
- wahern 8y agoDamage can be less severe than an actual puncture of the pressure vessel. Damage can weaken the pressure vessel such that it only fails (possibly explosively) once under pressure.