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- noun The act or process of increasing
pressure within a space.
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Examples
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I hurled myself through a gaping, ripped-open window frame and for those two minutes retrieved the wriggling, convulsing bodies that had been hurled out into space, one after the other, and zipped them up in emergency pressurisation bags.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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I hurled myself through a gaping, ripped-open window frame and for those two minutes retrieved the wriggling, convulsing bodies that had been hurled out into space, one after the other, and zipped them up in emergency pressurisation bags.
Masked Lou Anders 2010
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This was determined by the number of pressurisation cycles - take-off, pressurise and land - the airframe had been subjected to and the standard of maintenance it regularly received.
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The use of carbon fibre allowed for several other breakthroughs, including larger windows with electronic dimming rather than shades, and pressurisation that's more akin to what passengers feel at ground level.
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Flight 812 declared an emergency "due to loss of pressurisation in the cabin" and landed safely in Yuma, Arizona about 40 minutes after takeoff, Southwest said.
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The use of carbon fibre allowed for several other breakthroughs, including larger windows with electronic dimming rather than shades, and pressurisation that's more akin to what passengers feel at ground level.
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There is no gas and pressurisation is not required.
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There is no gas and pressurisation is not required.
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Consider taking two bags, one of entertainment toys and the other of practical items such as food, wetwipes, clothing or chewing gum - useful in helping kids avoid the unpleasant effects of pressurisation when a plane changes its altitude.
EzineArticles 2010
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The Helios accident was the result of an aircraft climbing to its cruising level without automatic cabin pressurisation selected, the pilots misinterpreting the cabin pressure alert when it operated, and the aircraft flying its programmed route from Cyprus to Greece on flight director/autopilot with all on board unconscious from hypoxia.
HEADLINES 2010
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