Rapid decompression can be much more dangerous than vacuum exposure itself.

"Such cracking, if not detected, could result in rapid decompression of the airplane."

Five others on the aircraft were injured as the cabin experienced a rapid decompression.

Rapid decompression, while still fast, is slow enough to allow the lungs to vent.

It is for this reason that divers must avoid rapid decompression when they rise to the surface.

DON can develop from a single exposure to rapid decompression.

The air traffic control recordings suggested it was unlikely a rapid decompression had occurred.

This causes rapid decompression of the baby's head.

He would be subject to bends from rapid decompression in the climb and anoxia at altitude.

It caused rapid decompression and the break-up of the aircraft in mid-air.

A stowaway would be dealing with rapid decompression.

He felt a slight breeze as the atmosphere, smoke, and loose debris were blown into space by the rapid decompression.

The wing pieces embedded themselves into the tanker fuselage, causing a rapid decompression.

Injuries caused by rapid decompression are called barotrauma.

But a single bullet may not even penetrate the outer skin of the aircraft, and even if it does, there won't be a rapid decompression.

This was the second structural failure, rapid decompression, and emergency landing for Southwest Airlines in two years.

Another laboratory-scale system for cell disruption is rapid decompression or the "cell bomb" method.

For the effect of rapid decompression to vacuum conditions, see the main article at Uncontrolled decompression.

"We have rapid decompression," he said.

So far, Mr. Gomes said, there have been no accidents, except for several cases of rapid decompression - none serious.

Lung injuries can also occur during rapid decompression, although the risk of injury is lower than with explosive decompression.

A rapid decompression followed.

The missile also punctured the fuselage, causing rapid decompression and jamming one of the plane's four turbines.

In some cases, the F.A.A. order said, "extensive structural damage and rapid decompression of the airplane could result."

In its emergency airworthiness directive, the agency warned that the cracks, if not corrected, "could result in rapid decompression of the airplane."