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Since aircraft commonly cruise at altitudes up to 35,000 feet (and higher), where the air is nearly unbreathable many modern aircraft pressurize the atmosphere inside the cabin in order to maintain an adequate oxygen supply and comfortable environment for the crew and passengers.
If the cabin is punctured in some way, or a seal fails, all this pressure rapidly vents out of the aircraft until air pressure inside the cabin equalizes with that outside. This is called rapid decompression.
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∙ 12y agoWell i don't really know..... its something really about like a space craft heving presuure and all of it getting lose and explodein.
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