Oxygen supply in decompression
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Oxygen supply in decompression
On channel 5 tonight was an aviation disaster programme which covered the UA 811 flight on 24th Feb 1989 near Honalulu.
The 747 classic was in the climb to 330, but when passing around 230 a Cargo door became unfastened and took a large piece of fuselage out causing massive decompression of the aircraft.
All the passengers overhead oxygen supplies were ripped out in the incident, also the flight deck put masks on but couldn't get any oxygen as the system had been damaged.
Would the same problems still arise today in an incident like this, even with later generation aircraft?
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The 747 classic was in the climb to 330, but when passing around 230 a Cargo door became unfastened and took a large piece of fuselage out causing massive decompression of the aircraft.
All the passengers overhead oxygen supplies were ripped out in the incident, also the flight deck put masks on but couldn't get any oxygen as the system had been damaged.
Would the same problems still arise today in an incident like this, even with later generation aircraft?
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Short answer .....Yes. The 777 has the pax O2 bottles all in a line foward of the aft cargo door.
Would not happen with Oxygen generators, as was fitted to the DC10 and L1011.
Would not happen with Oxygen generators, as was fitted to the DC10 and L1011.
