Uncontrolled decompression
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An uncontrolled decompression is an undesired drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as a pressurised aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, that typically results from human error, structural f
NASA astronaut candidates being monitored for signs of hypoxia during training in an altitude chamber
On April 17, 2018, Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, a Boeing 737-700 flying from LaGuardia Airport, New York, en route to Dallas Love Field, Texas, experienced an engine failure over Pennsylvania. The
Uncontrolled decompression
…back into the airplane, the occupant was forced entirely through the cabin window. The second incident occurred on April 17, 2018, when a woman on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was partially sucked through an airplane passenger window that had broken from a similar engine failure. Although other passengers were able to pull…
Pieces of the aircraft engine nacelle in a field
N772SW, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 2016
The inboard side of the damaged cowling
Piece of the failed fan blade showing fracture surface with fatigue indications