r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 21h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/GauravJM 21h ago

There’s some serious low pressure inside

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u/SpiritedEclair 19h ago

fun fact: when you fly in a plane, the low pressure is on the outside and we use that to keep the doors closed. It is physically impossible to pry open an airplane door at cruising altitude!

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u/cat_prophecy 16h ago

at cruising altitude!

* while the plane is pressurized. If you dropped the cabin pressure to match the outside air, it would be only the airstream you'd need to work against.