Originally Posted by
Herod
Experts said that if the door had opened the sudden decompression could have seen passengers sucked out and the cabin temperature plummet dangerously low.
Errr? Experts?
Obviously, that door is not going to open.
But the issue about the temperature drop is a different issue.
I did the hypobaric chamber thing at Andrews AFB decades ago. Rapid decompression does cause the temperature to drop to -50. But the thin air has no bite. I was wearing a T-shirt and the chill was enough to remind me of the temperature, but for the five or so minutes of my exposure, it was not uncomfortable - and certainly not dangerous. Of course, a key point in the training was the use of the oxygen masks.