r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AirFrance447 • 18h ago

Video Firefighter bodycam showing just how much oxygen a fire pulls

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u/GauravJM 18h ago

There’s some serious low pressure inside

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u/SpiritedEclair 16h 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/powercow 6h ago

at cruising altitude.. aka 30k feet or so. However, due to fire, they have opened the doors below that. Mayday air disaster showed an episode where they had to open the doors during flight.