Aircraft cabin air pressure question.
Aircraft cabin air pressure question.
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PRTVR

Original Poster:

8,077 posts

245 months

Friday 27th September 2019
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My granddaughter was flying back from Canada and her dolls head ended up squashed flat, it wasn't mechanically done, sat on etc,
Trying to think of a explanation of how it happened, have experienced the opposite, opening a bag of crisps and the bag pressure is higher than the cabin but struggling to understand how it happened, any thoughts anyone.

Steve7777

238 posts

173 months

Friday 27th September 2019
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Air could escape more easily than it could enter. On the way up the pressure successfully equalised. On the way down it didn’t and the increasing cabin pressure squashed them.

PRTVR

Original Poster:

8,077 posts

245 months

Friday 27th September 2019
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That makes sense, I was thinking that the head would be just a shell, but if it was like a ball but with a very small hole it would
act like you said. Thank you.

CarbonXKR

1,275 posts

246 months

Friday 27th September 2019
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You always see that with your water bottle (if you have one half finished). Flat on landing..

anonymous-user

78 months

Saturday 28th September 2019
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And if you have stuffy ears (like when I barotrauma’d mine the other year), descending when you can’t equalise properly is very unpleasant.

I had the thing happen with the water bottle too.