Without these space suits, they'd suffer explosive decompression.
On 4 April a C-5A aircraft carrying 250 Vietnamese orphans and their escorts suffered explosive decompression over the sea near Vung Tau and made a crash-landing while attempting to return to Tan Son Nhut; 153 died in the crash.
August 22 - Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103, a Boeing 737-222, suffers explosive decompression shortly after departure from Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, after severe corrosion leads to a pressure hull rupture.
After all, it was better to lose a hand, a foot, or even a whole limb, than to suffer total decompression.
July 19 - United Airlines Flight 232, a Douglas DC-10, suffers decompression in and catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, knocking out all its flight controls.
It would be our word against theirs, and we are the ones who suffered decompression, and we are the ones who can't understand or follow the instructions of trained personnel.
"They are suffering atmospheric decompression."
It was a children's day club that had suffered explosive decompression.
He cleared his throat because his voice had sounded an octave too high, then went on, "Neilson is shocked but does not seem to be physically damaged; the Captain's suit was punctured and he suffered a rapid but not explosive decompression.
