Turning from Where to Why
The Decompression theory appears to have a lot of support in this discussion:
Last night it emerged that the US aviation watchdog warned airlines six months ago of a problem with cracks in Boeing 777s that could lead to a mid-air break up and a catastrophic drop in cabin pressure.
The Federal Aviation Administration issued an alert in September last year giving airlines until April 9 to detect and correct cracking in the fuselage skin on Boeing 777s.
The FAA warned that failure to do so would leave the aircraft vulnerable to ‘a rapid decompression and loss of structural integrity’.
The organisation issued a final directive just two days before the Malaysia Airlines plane took off and said one airline had found a 16-in crack in the fuselage skin of a 14-year-old plane.
However, Boeing said that the FAA alert did not apply to the missing jet because it did not have the same antenna as the rest of the Boeing 777s.
And Malaysian Airlines insisted that the missing Boeing was airworthy before taking off, but declined to reveal whether it had been inspected for a known potential problem with the fuselage.
During a sudden drop in cabin pressure, the crew and passengers can become unconscious, leaving nobody in control of the aircraft.
mirror.co.uk - Mar 13, 2014 00:13
Perhaps 777 pilots can shed some light about how true this is.
The question is, if this is true, then, at around TOC is this the prime time for this disaster to happen?
Last edited by brika; 13th Mar 2014 at 19:13.
Reason: question