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Decompression incidents are not uncommon on military and civilian aircraft, with approximately 40–50 rapid decompression events occurring worldwide annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amsanz.org.nz/avmedia/24/am24_2Decompression.pdf |title=Rapid Decompression In Air Transport Aircraft |date=2000-11-13 |access-date=2008-09-01 |publisher=Aviation Medical Society of Australia and New Zealand |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525193501/http://www.amsanz.org.nz/avmedia/24/am24_2Decompression.pdf |archive-date=2010-05-25 }}</ref> However, in most cases the problem is manageable, injuries or structural damage rare and the incident not considered notable.<ref name="AirQuality">{{cite book|title=Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces |author1=Martin B. Hocking |author2=Diana Hocking |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KzXPJ-p75QIC |isbn=3-540-25019-0|publisher=Springer Science & Business|year=2005|access-date=2008-09-01}}</ref> One notable, recent case was [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1380]] in 2018, where an uncontained engine failure ruptured a window, causing a passenger to be partially blown out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/woman-sucked-from-southwest-airlines-plane-died-of-blunt-trauma-11337298|title=Woman sucked from Southwest Airlines plane died of 'blunt trauma'|website=Sky News}}</ref>

Decompression incidents do not occur solely in aircraft; the [[Byford Dolphin]] accident is an example of violent explosive decompression of a [[saturation diving]] system on an [[Oil platform|oil rig]]. A decompression event is anoften effectthe result of a failure caused by another problem (such as an explosion or mid-air collision), but the decompression event may worsen the initial issue.

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