Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack
OK, how would passengers have been affected by facing slipstream at Mach 2?
Chorned ... if you actually read what Bellerophon said it would probably answer your question. He should know - he was a Concorde pilot, and said ...
Question…Concorde… in the event of rapid depressuriation at 60000ft, were all passengers and crew doomed?…
Answer. A near-instantaneous decompression at 60,000 ft would have been very serious.
Passengers exposed to atmospheric pressure at that height for any appreciable length of time would have had only a few seconds of awareness followed by a merciful lapse into unconsciousness.