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Old 16th May 2010, 01:08
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chase888
 
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This subject has had so many posts, forgive me if this possibility has been discussed.
We talk of the crew losing control, but has "losing the crew" been considered?.
Thinking back to the old BAC111 windshield incident, where they were so lucky it happened at only 16,000ft, consider a total loss of pressurization at FL300+ and its consequences on the two pilots.
I know the way in which a 330 screen is installed is totally different and its possible it may not have been a screen letting go, but I believe the armoured flight deck door would have prevented an instantaneous equalizing of pressure throughout the aircraft if a serious decompression occurred.
Maybe some one could comment on the behaviour of a screen if it received a few thousand degrees from the direct hit of a lightening bolt.
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