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Hassin Bin Sober

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4. I too am curious.

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 18, 2018, 08:24 PM

Apr 2018

I think the mechanism for death is can be pretty quick during severe explosive decompression.

Not only do you have no ne air to breathe, what you had in your lungs gets sucked out. Unconsciousness can occur every quickly.

Also, severe damage to the lungs is a big danger.

Being in the plane is bad enough. But being right next to the breach has to be much worse.

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Somewhat of a nit but.. [View all] marked50 Apr 2018 OP

I'm a little confused manor321 Apr 2018 #1

She didn't go through the window but the person in 1973 did. marked50 Apr 2018 #8

Does anyone here at DU know precisely what caused the woman's death? nt No Vested Interest Apr 2018 #2

I too am curious. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #4

I certainly can't say what the cause of death was marked50 Apr 2018 #7

Blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and torso. milestogo Apr 2018 #12

Two times in 45 years. Two times too many, of course Glorfindel Apr 2018 #3

No comparison in numbers of course, just expectations of safety I suppose.... marked50 Apr 2018 #10

Dont forget the Aloha Airlines 737 that decided to be a convertible mid flight. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2018 #5

Amazing that those seats stayed attached and the seatbelts held... (nt) petronius Apr 2018 #11

That was absolutely incredible that there was only that fatality with such a massive marked50 Apr 2018 #13

I recall that incident. We had honeymooned in Hawaii just before that happened. CentralMass Apr 2018 #14

5 stops seems like a lot now a days. nt irisblue Apr 2018 #6

There was that incident in 1964. CentralMass Apr 2018 #9