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Old 18th Apr 2018, 10:49
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Ozgrade3
 
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Question from one of my senior students today.

During a rapid depressurisation (greater than 3 seconds) does the outflow valve move to full close, thereby increasing the total volume of air exiting the window hole?

Was it a rapid or an explosive decompression.

Once level at 10,000 are the a/c packs turned off on the operating engine(s) to minimise the airflow through the cabin and out the new hole.

Quite ironic as I covered this very subject in class 12 hrs before the accident.
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