What would happen if a window or a door of a pressurized flying aircraft suddenly breaks or opens?

Answer 1

When an aircraft loses a window or door from a pressurized cabin, it is a serious event. It can cause a crash, but more often results in an emergency landing. There have been instances when bombs went off, blowing a hole in the side of an aircraft large enough that seats were lost, but the plane landed safely with the loss of life limited to people killed by the bomb. On one flight to Hawaii, a large section of the cabin roof was lost while the plane was at high altitude, with the only person lost being a stewardess, the only person in the cabin not wearing a seat belt.

Answer 2

If a window or door of a pressurized flying aircraft suddenly breaks or opens, it could result in rapid decompression, leading to oxygen levels dropping and temperature decreasing dramatically. Passengers and crew would need to use oxygen masks, and the pilot would need to initiate an emergency descent to a lower altitude where the air is denser. Failure to do so could lead to hypoxia and other serious consequences.