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It seems crazy that 15 years after Payne Stewart's plane went down for this exact reason, there are no cabin sensors (measuring partial-pressure of the oxygen?)
by snake_plissken 13y ago
It seems crazy that 15 years after Payne Stewart's plane went down for this exact reason, there are no cabin sensors (measuring partial-pressure of the oxygen?) to alert the crew that there is a small leak. Am I missing something?
- robryk 13y agoWhen an aircraft decompresses, the total pressure drops, so pressure sensors are just as useful as oxygen partial pressure sensors. There are pressure sensors in the cabin -- they are used to control the pressurization system, sound low pressure alarms and deploy passenger air masks.