rapport preleminaire sur la depresurisation du 747 de la qantas

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Beaucoup doivent se rappelé de la dépressurisation cabine d'un 747-400 de la quantas qui avait du faire une descente d'urgence et se posé a Manille lors d'un vol hong-kong Melbourne

Le rapport préliminaire de l'ATSB est sortie et ce serait une bouteille O² qui serait passé au travers du fuselage

After clearing the baggage and cargo from the forward aircraft hold, it was evident that one passenger oxygen cylinder (number-4 from a bank of seven cylinders along the right side of the cargo hold) had sustained a sudden failure and forceful discharge of its pressurised contents into the aircraft hold, rupturing the fuselage in the vicinity of the wing-fuselage leading edge fairing. The cylinder had been propelled upward by the force of the discharge, puncturing the cabin floor and entering the cabin adjacent to the second main cabin door. The cylinder had subsequently impacted the door frame, door handle and overhead panelling, before falling to the cabin floor and exiting the aircraft through the ruptured fuselage.

plus de details sur le pdf du rapport

ou sur le site de l'ATSB