What aircraft maintenance team does to ensure passenger safety?
The concerns of cabin safety do not begin and end with pre-flight safety demonstration. There are many safety equipment onboard aircraft which are crucial in an emergency. Aircraft Pressure and Oxygen mask Aircrafts hover above 30,000 feet, where the atmospheric pressure is just about 1/4 th of the atmospheric pressure at sea level. The lack of pressure will lead to difficulty in breathing and if unattended, may even result in death in less than a minute. To avoid such a situation, aircrafts pump air into the aircraft to maintain the interior pressure at a comfortable level for passengers. However, depressurization can still occur due to the malfunctioning of ventilation system or through leaks in the hull. When the aircraft’s sensors detect such decrease in pressure, breathing equipment (oxygen mask) is triggered to drop automatically in front of the passenger. Life Vests As part of the safety equipment onboard, all aircrafts have life vests - used in emergency si