depressurization

The twin-engine jet experienced a sudden cabin depressurization, but no one was seriously injured and the pilots made an emergency landing at a military air base in Yuma, Ariz.

Southwest Jet Had Misaligned Rivets Andy Pasztor 2011

The one piece of 'evidence' that I never read about is the ability of the 757/767 (since it was first produced, when my father flew it professionally, and when my teenage brain compelled me to read some of the 1st generation manuals, which I still have) to be remotely controlled in case of a terrorist attack or cabin depressurization.

9/11 Truth and the Paranoid Style - Boing Boing 2009

The Navy Mark IV as it was first known attracted the attention of the newly born NASA in 1958 as they saw the suit as the best way to protect their astronauts from the depressurization of the cabin when it was in the vacuum of space.

Kuriositas: The 10 Coolest Space Suit Designs 2010

The April 1 Southwest event, which resulted in sudden cabin depressurization while the jet was cruising at 34,000 feet, shocked the airline industry and spooked many travelers.

EU Proposes Inspection of 170 Airbus Jets Andy Pasztor 2011

Like the FAA's order, neither Canada nor Brazil made their rules apply to oxygen generators in the cabin, which are designed to provide emergency oxygen through masks to passengers in the event of a rapid depressurization.

Europe Airline Regulators Don't Adopt U.S. Antiterrorist Rules on Oxygen Equipment Andy Pasztor 2011

In some popular Airbus single-aisle jetliners with Rockwell Collins gear, computers already sense and react to cabin depressurization.

Would Pilot 'Panic Button' Save the Day or Tie Hands? Andy Pasztor 2011

Julie O'Donnell, an aviation safety spokeswoman for Seattle-based Boeing Commercial Airplanes, confirmed "a hole in the fuselage and a depressurization event" in the latest incident but declined to speculate on what caused the incident.

Fuselage hole forces Southwest emergency landing 2011

Mission ops lore (he flew before I had joined the ranks) recounted that he left the toilet running TWICE up in orbit, setting off the rapid cabin depressurization alarm in the middle of the crew's sleep shift.

Oops Bill Nelson's Hypocrisy Is Showing Again - NASA Watch 2009

Julie O'Donnell, an aviation safety spokeswoman for Seattle-based Boeing Commercial Airplanes, confirmed "a hole in the fuselage and a depressurization event" in the latest incident but declined to speculate on what caused the incident.

Fuselage hole forces Southwest emergency landing 2011

The FAA's move has prompted some questions from pilots and other critics, who are concerned that passengers in lavatories may be at risk if such depressurization occurs.

Europe Airline Regulators Don't Adopt U.S. Antiterrorist Rules on Oxygen Equipment Andy Pasztor 2011