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Old 4th Feb 2016, 14:34
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Other decompression issues

Interesting article in Seattle Times today

Timeline: 8 emergency landings after explosions, structural damage | The Seattle Times

Originally published February 3, 2016 at 2:22 pmUpdated February 4, 2016 at 6:23 am
A pilot who made an emergency landing in Somalia’s capital after an explosion blew a hole through a jetliner says things would have been much worse had the blast occurred at a higher altitude. That’s because it could have led to explosive decompression on the Daallo Airlines-operated plane, which might have caused more severe structural damage and would have forced a faster descent because of limited supplies of oxygen to the passengers. The pilot said the explosion Tuesday was believed to have been caused by a bomb, but investigators have reached no conclusions. One man was missing but the other 73 passengers got off safely after the Airbus 321 landed.
Goes on listing other similar incidents

Includes pics of the Hawaii convertible 737
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