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Old 2nd Aug 2008, 00:06
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Vertiginous
 
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The fact that a Hilux is not designed to be pressurised is beside the point. Leakage of window- and door-seals when the world outside goes low-pressure is something that you experience over a matter of whole seconds. If pressure were built up gradually inside the truck it would leak out. But this is not what we are dealing with. An O2 tank takes a few milliseconds to fail. The pressure-wave from this event completely demolished the vehicle, a robust structure.

This incident also demonstrates that spontaneous failures happen. (I acknowledge that we do not know the history of this particular bottle.)
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