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Old 18th Apr 2018, 02:29
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Originally Posted by Mk 1
Anyone else find reports that the cabin staff were trying to plug the hole odd? There would be bugger all items in the cabin with anywhere near the structural strength to do that - and items being fed through the hole could have snagged.

That seems strange...
Not if it started out small. If it were an entry hole from a small fast object they may have tried to plug it to slow loss of cabin pressure (it is a thing for a slow deconpression) but may not have realised it's not going to do much with structural damage.

The procedure is usually used when you have a faulty door seal and getting noise from it not for plugging a hole. Confusion perhaps?
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