Rapid Decompression News Today

Federal officials caution against holding infants on laps during flights due to safety concerns after Alaska incident.

Tragedy may have been averted Friday night when a panel of Boeing plane blew out as the Alaska Airlines flight traveled at 16,000 feet, an NTSB official said Saturday night.

Some cases have brought odown te plane. a turkish plane came down because of it. so it is a very big deal and the passengers are fortunate that they were belted in and no one went out. on other flights with rapid decompression, parts of the aircraft have been lost and passengers or crew have been lost, as in aloha airlines, which was not a door, it was part of the roof of the plane in the 80s. so its a very big deal for boeing, the airline, and all operators of this aircraft. >> im taken by what...

York, from another family home in north carolina. and that their grandchild is 2 years old. investigators are expected to be at the scene later today. >> brian todd, thank you. >> thank you so much. joining us now aviation correspondent. good morning to you. what can be ruled out right now? >> a lot can be ruled out here, poppy. but all of the signs point to that this was a rapid dep decompression of this cessna jet. the air inside is pressurized enabling those to breathe normal air while outs...

More information and while we do that let me bring in mary schiavo, former inspector general at the department of transportation. mary, hearing that another incident has happened regardless is frightening, but when you see another image of a window, a cracked window on another southwest airline flight, what are your first questions here? >> well, obviously, the first question is how did the crack originate? i mean, there are many ways that they can start, but thats going to be the first question...

3,200 companies. the biggest, the best are fairly well defended, even they can be penetrated. the smallest dont have the money for it and are not well defended. and because of the nature of the internet if you can penetrate one of the small ones, you can work your way back to the computerized systems that controls the balance between energy production and energy consumption. what has to happen on the grid is there has to be a perfect balance between power that is generated and power that is cons...

Responsibility, which led investigators to believe those options are not viability. the plane landed somewhere. as the months ticked by and no pieces of the plane were discovered some speculated whether it was possible the planed ha landed. but no communications from the people on board or hijack demands made that less possible. mechanical failure. mechanical failure is still being considered. rapid decompression. the plane suddenly loses cabin pressure and the passengers and crew become unconsc...

>> david, what do you make of this assessment what richard and miles say, where do you stand? >> where i stand on it is theres nothing -- first of all its established that theres no given yes or no. theres no black and white to this. but my best assessment is that there was a mechanical failure. theres a history of the oxygen tank in this particular model of aircraft thats failed before thats caused a rapid decompression -- well a break in the hull that would have caused a rapid decompression. t...

Investigators to believe those options are not viable. the plane landed somewheres as the the months ticked by and no pieces of the plane were discovered. some speculated it was possible the plane had landed. but no communications from the people on board or hijacked demands made that seem less pos but. mechanical failure, a theory that a catastrophic mechanical failure brought the air craft down is still being kidded.considered. rapid decompression. the cabin loses pressure and passengers and c...

The plane to crash it? experts are divided on this issue but hijackers usually have clear demands. that never materialized. and no terrorist group claimed responsibility which led investigators to believe the options are not available. the plane landed somewhere. as the months tick by and no pieces of the plane were discovered, some speculators whether it was possible the plane had landed. but no communications from the people on board or hijack demands made that less possible. mechanical failur...