DISCLAIMER – I am not planning on smashing the window on an airplane.

  • Enoril@jlai.lu
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    2 months ago

    it’s usually -40°c outside when you are in cruise altitude. Open your home window when it’s freezing outside (less than 0°c) can give you an idea why you would have fog in the aircraft until its complete decompression.

    The mask can produce “oxygen” for about 15 to 20 min max. You have to be below 10000 feets to be “ok” without mask (it will be like being in a montain at high altitude).

    Without putting the mask, you loose conciousness in about 30sec.

    Note: this scenario is the worse in term of decompression event. Usually this type of failure would happen during the ascent.