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Old 18th Mar 2006, 23:41
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NigelOnDraft
 
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You only need pressure breathing for sustained flight above ~40,000' with pure O2. For modern airliners this is not applicable, since this is effectively their Max Altitude, and they would descend PDQ anyway.

Positive pressure is used however for smoke clearing etc.
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