Punctured pressure cabin.

From: "Emmanuel.Gustin"

B2431 wrote:

: I agree a big chunk of skin suddenly departing the aircraft can cause major
: damage and fatalities like the Hawaii Air stewardess deplaning prematurely.
: There was also a case in the 1970s of a DC-10(?) where the aft cargo hatch
blew
: and took a row or two of seats with it.

IIRC there have been incidents with the cargo hatches of DC-10s,
but not limited to the loss of a number of seats; the entire
aircraft was lost --- depressurisation of the cargo bay
caused the cabin floor to collapse, destroying the control
runs.

As a result, modern aircraft were designed to have vents around
the cabin floor.

Emmanuel Gustin


You are correct. The only one I could think of off the top of my head was where
the last row or two caved. I don't recall if the aircraft landed safely. If
memory serves it occurred near or over Turkey.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"B2431" wrote in message
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From: "Emmanuel.Gustin"

B2431 wrote:

: I agree a big chunk of skin suddenly departing the aircraft can cause
major
: damage and fatalities like the Hawaii Air stewardess deplaning
prematurely.
: There was also a case in the 1970s of a DC-10(?) where the aft cargo
hatch
blew
: and took a row or two of seats with it.

IIRC there have been incidents with the cargo hatches of DC-10s,
but not limited to the loss of a number of seats; the entire
aircraft was lost --- depressurisation of the cargo bay
caused the cabin floor to collapse, destroying the control
runs.

As a result, modern aircraft were designed to have vents around
the cabin floor.

Emmanuel Gustin


You are correct. The only one I could think of off the top of my head was
where
the last row or two caved. I don't recall if the aircraft landed safely.
If
memory serves it occurred near or over Turkey.

It went down (occured in '74). ISTR another incident over Japan with similar
results?

Brooks

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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It went down (occured in '74). ISTR another incident over Japan with
similar
results?

Brooks

Not quite

There were 2 DC-10 depressurusation events

The first happened over Ontario , the cargo hatch opened
in flight due to a damaged latch which wasnt fully closed. The
floor collapsed damaging control cables , the crew managed to make
an emergency landing and a bulletin was sent out recommending
changes be made but no mandatory notice was issued.

The second incident involved a Turkish airlines DC-10 over
France. The hatch again opened and this time the aircraft
crashed killing 346 people

The Japanese incident involved the failure of the incorrectly
repaired tail pressure bulkhead on a 747. The repair was carried
out under Boeing supervision and their engineer screwed up.

The pressure vented into the tail fin blowing off most of the vertical
stabiliser.

Keith

"Keith Willshaw" writes:



There were 2 DC-10 depressurusation events

The first happened over Ontario , the cargo hatch opened
in flight due to a damaged latch which wasnt fully closed. The
floor collapsed damaging control cables , the crew managed to make
an emergency landing and a bulletin was sent out recommending
changes be made but no mandatory notice was issued.

As I recall, there WAS an AD issued by one FAA regional
office but HQ pulled it after political pressure from Mc-D.


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