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Old 27th Jun 2008, 20:39
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Look, you are on the wrong track. When the warning goes off, if it's a slow leak, it won't get much above 10,000'. If it's a rapid leak, it will be handled fairly quickly to stop it and get down. If it's an explosive leak, the cabin may get up high. The aeroplane will get down pretty rapidly. Ears might hurt. People get seasick at sea, it comes with going to sea. Very rarely there is an explosive decompression. It is not life threatening. You quote examples without really understanding what went on. I have had a cabin up at 14,000', without masks. We stabilised it and brought it down again relatively gently. I recall nobody in the cabin noticed anything apart from their ears popping. Total non-crisis.

It is 12 minutes. I don't know where you got 14 from. It is adequate.
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