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Old 16th December 2005 | 07:22
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spannersatcx
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Cabins are pressurised to a differential pressure to maintain a certain cabin altitude.

On average the max diff pressure could be around 8 psi, this could give a cabin altitude of say 8000'. (this is a generalisation as every a/c is different, but fairly average).
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