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Old 10th February 2006 | 18:01
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Concorde Depressurisation systems

What procedures did Concorde have in place in the event of rapid depressuriation at 60000ft, were all passengers and crew doomed?

I've looked on the net and the only things I have found were that the windows were built smaller to avoid air escaping and that pilots and crew would have used pressure breathing but I don't know if any of that is correct.

As the time to unconciousness at 35000ft is a matter of seconds - would it have been likely there could have ever been any survivors. I seem to recall that in 1977 one had an engine failure and dropped from 60000 to 30000ft in 3 minutes.

Does anyone know or could point me in the right direction?
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