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0 pointswahern7y ago0 comments

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

and one of the most famous incidents (in the U.S.)

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#Not...

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TylerE7y ago

The difference is that happens at altitude. When the plane has just taken off there is no pressure differential. There’s no energy TO explode.

wahernOP7y ago

Damage 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.

jacquesm7y ago

And yet, it landed!

wahernOP7y ago

Indeed, but the two previous posters were discussing counter-factuals.

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0 pointswahern7y ago0 comments

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

and one of the most famous incidents (in the U.S.)

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#Not...

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TylerE7y ago

The difference is that happens at altitude. When the plane has just taken off there is no pressure differential. There’s no energy TO explode.

wahernOP7y ago

Damage 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.

jacquesm7y ago

And yet, it landed!

wahernOP7y ago

Indeed, but the two previous posters were discussing counter-factuals.

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