Mxsmanic wrote in
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Phil writes:

On top of last week's A340 incident, now an A330 experienced a sudden
depressurization on a shakedown flight. Among the injuries to
passengers were spinal injuries. Sounds like the pilot may have
abruptly dived the aircraft while some passengers were still standing
in the aisle. Or would people pass out so quickly that they fell and
injured themselves?

It depends on the altitude, but at typical cruising altitudes they
might be conscious for only fifteen to twenty seconds, which might not
be long enough for them to gather their wits and get to an oxygen mask
if they are standing and moving about.

It doesn't say what the altitude is, but I would
have thought that people would stay conscious long enough to get to a
seat and use the oxygen mask.

At high altitudes there may not be enough time. That's what FAs
always tell parents to fasten their own masks before putting masks on
their children: if they try to fasten their children's masks first,
they may pass out before they succeed, and then both end up with
hypoxia and unconsciousness. I think a lot of parents are too stupid
to understand this, however.


You're certainly too stuopid to understand it.


Bertie