What Happens When Cabin Pressure Fails? | Black Box Down Explained

How are you able to breathe comfortably while cruising at 36,000 feet? Black Box Down's Gustavo Sorola explains the system that makes it possible to breathe on an airplane and what would happen if it were to fail?
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[@BL3446]

As a fluid/thermo-dynamic instructor, I really appreciated the heat exchanger/compressor explanations. Very good job lol.

[@missinghood]

I love narrator Gus.

[@mas921]

1:57 ... who else tried doing it? 😁

[@Jdog13425]

Me. I'm not even gonna lie.

[@matthieugerard3124]

Most likely almost all of the people who watched

[@nightowl5475]

Excellent presentation. I bet a lot of people tuned in to this video after hearing about the private plane mishap on June 5th, 2023.

[@MatthewWaltherAscensionProps]

Always wondered about this, now I know! :D Wonder if this could lead into a discussion on sudden decompression? Perhaps events like British Airways Flight 5390?

[@dhuvy13]

If you enjoyed this, check out a deeper dive on hypoxia, over on Smarter Every Day (kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYbJd2WDidOkd9k). Then check out some of his collabs with The Slow Mo Guys.

[@ijkangg]

GUS!?

[@dillonmann6409]

1:57 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@Ken_Koonz]

Surprised the FAA doesn't mandate oxygen until 14K, AMC makes us put on oxygen for any unpressurized flight above 10K.

[@Pietro97007]

Dang I did just assume there were oxygen tanks up there connected to the masks….

[@Snake_2066]

First