Editing Uncontrolled decompression (section)

==Notable decompression accidents and incidents==
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 often the 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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Event
! Date
! Pressure vessel
! Event type
! Fatalities/number on board
! Decompression type
! Cause
|-
|Pan Am Flight 201
|1952
|[[Boeing 377 Stratocruiser]]
|Accident
|1/27
|Explosive decompression
|Passenger door blew out after lock failure<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19520727-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 N1030V Rio de Janeiro, RJ|access-date=December 22, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[BOAC Flight 781]]
| 1954
| [[de Havilland Comet|de Havilland Comet 1]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|035}}35/35
| Explosive decompression
| Metal fatigue
|-
| [[South African Airways Flight 201]]
| 1954
| [[de Havilland Comet|de Havilland Comet 1]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|021}}21/21
| Explosive decompression<ref>{{cite book
 |title=When technology fails: Significant technological disasters, accidents, and failures of the twentieth century
 |author=Neil Schlager
 |year=1994
 |publisher=Gale Research
 |access-date=2008-07-28|isbn=0-8103-8908-8
 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DH5RAAAAMAAJ }}</ref>
| Metal fatigue
|-
| [[1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision|TWA Flight 2]]
| 1956
| [[Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|070}}70/70
| Explosive decompression
| [[Mid-air collision]]
|-
|[[American Airlines]] Flight 87
|1957
|[[Douglas DC-7]]
|Accident
|0/46
|Explosive decompression
|Propeller blade separated and hit fuselage<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-7 N316AA Memphis, TN |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19570305-2 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
|[[Air France]] F-BGNE
|1957
|[[Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed Super Constellation]]
|Accident
|{{ntsh|001}}1/?
|Explosive decompression
|Window shattered at {{convert|18,000|ft|m}}<ref>{{cite web|title=(Untitled)|url=http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1957/1957-21.htm|access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Continental Airlines Flight 11]]
| 1962
| [[Boeing 707-100]]
| Bombing
| {{ntsh|045}}45/45
| Explosive decompression
| Insurance fraud suicide bomb
|-
|[[Aerolíneas Argentinas|Aerolineas Argentinas]] Flight 737
|1962
|[[Hawker Siddeley HS 748|Avro 748-105 Srs. 1]]
|Accident
|1/34
|Explosive decompression
|Aft left passenger door separated from airplane<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Avro 748-105 Srs. 1 LV-HHB Saladas, CR|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19620830-0|access-date=2022-02-17|website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[Pyotr Dolgov|Volsk parachute jump accident]]
| 1962
| [[Pressure suit]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/1
| Rapid decompression
| Collision with gondola upon jumping from balloon 
|-
|[[Cambrian Airways]] G-AMON
|1964
|[[Vickers Viscount|Vickers 701 Viscount]]
|Accident
|0/63
|Explosive decompression
|Propeller blade separated and hit fuselage<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 701 Viscount G-AMON Barcelona |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19640523-0 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nick Piantanida|Strato Jump III]]
| 1966
| Pressure suit
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/1
| Rapid decompression
| Pressure suit failure<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ng9i5IMtlpsC&pg=PA38|page=38|title=Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight|first=David|last=Shayler|publisher=Springer|year=2000|isbn=1852332255}}</ref>
|-
| [[Apollo program]] [[space suit|spacesuit]] testing accident
| 1966
| [[Apollo/Skylab A7L|Apollo A7L spacesuit]] (or possibly a prototype of it)
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/1
| Rapid decompression
| Oxygen line coupling failure<ref>{{Citation|date=January 6, 1967|title=Two MSC Employees Commended For Rescue in Chamber Emergency|periodical=Space News Roundup|volume=6|issue=6|publisher=Public Affairs Office of the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center#Apollo program|Manned Spacecraft Center]]|page=[https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/67-01-06.pdf#page=3 3]|url=https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/67-01-06.pdf|access-date=July 7, 2012|quote=...the suit technician who was inside the eight-foot [{{cvt|8|ft|cm|disp=out}}] altitude chamber, lost consciousness when his Apollo suit lost pressure when an oxygen line let go. The chamber was at approximately 150,000 [equivalent] feet [{{cvt|150000|ft|m|disp=out}}] at the time of the accident...}}</ref>
|-
|[[Northeast Airlines]] N8224H
|1967
|[[Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6B]]
|Accident
|0/14
|Explosive decompression
|Fuselage cracked open from fatigue<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B N8224H Holmdel, NJ |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19670224-0 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
|[[United States Air Force|USAF]] 59-0530
|1970
|[[Douglas C-133 Cargomaster|Douglas C-133B Cargomaster]]
|Accident
|5/5
|Explosive decompression
|Existing crack expanded, leading to fuselage failure<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-133B Cargomaster 59-0530 Palisade, NE |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700206-1 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hughes Airwest Flight 706]]
| 1971
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|049}}49/49
| Explosive decompression
| Mid-air Collision
|-
| [[Soyuz 11#Death of crew|Soyuz 11 re-entry]]
| 1971
| [[Soyuz spacecraft]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|003}}3/3
| Rapid decompression
| Pressure equalisation valve damaged by faulty pyrotechnic separation charges<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbDGMiXvdG0C&pg=PA306|pages=305–306|title=Salyut – The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy|first=Grujica S.|last=Ivanovich|publisher=Springer|year=2008|isbn=978-0387739731}}</ref>
|-
| [[British European Airways Flight 706 (1971)|BEA Flight 706]]
| 1971
| [[Vickers Vanguard]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|063}}63/63
| Explosive decompression
| Structural failure of rear pressure bulkhead due to corrosion
|-
| [[JAT Flight 367]]
| 1972
| [[Douglas DC-9-34|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32]]
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|027}}27/28
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[American Airlines Flight 96]]
| 1972
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|Douglas DC-10-10]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/67
| Rapid decompression<ref>{{cite web
  | title = Aircraft accident report: American Airlines, Inc. McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, N103AA. Near Windsor, Ontario, Canada. June 12, 1972.
  | publisher = [[National Transportation Safety Board]]
  | date = 1973-02-28
  | url = http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR73-02.pdf
  | access-date = 2009-03-22 }}
</ref>
| Cargo door failure
|-
|[[Aeroflot Flight 109]]
|1973
|[[Tupolev Tu-104|Tuploev Tu-104B]]
|Bombing
|81/81
|Explosive decompression
|Hijacker detonated explosive<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-104B CCCP-42379 Chita |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730518-0 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[National Airlines Flight 27]]
| 1973
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|Douglas DC-10-10]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/128
| Explosive decompression<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.everything2.com/title/explosive%2520decompression |title=explosive decompression |website=Everything2.com |access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>
| Uncontained engine failure
|-
| [[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]]
| 1974
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|Douglas DC-10-10]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|346}}346/346
| Explosive decompression<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.faa.gov/about/media/b-chron.pdf
 |title=FAA historical chronology, 1926–1996
 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
 |date=2005-02-18
 |access-date=2008-07-29 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624211236/http://www.faa.gov/about/media/b-chron.pdf <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-24}}</ref>
| Cargo door failure
|-
|USAF (registration unknown)
|1974
|[[Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker]]
|Accident
|1/33
|Explosive decompression
|Small window broke at 35,000 feet<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker registration unknown Fort Nelson, BC |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740305-2 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[TWA Flight 841 (1974)|TWA Flight 841]]
| 1974
| [[Boeing 707]]-331B
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|088}}88/88
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[1975 Tân Sơn Nhứt C-5 accident]]
| 1975
| [[Lockheed C-5 Galaxy]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|138}}138/314
| Explosive decompression
| Improper maintenance of rear doors, cargo door failure
|-
| [[1976 Zagreb mid-air collision|British Airways Flight 476]]
| 1976
| [[Hawker Siddeley Trident|Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|063}}63/63
| Explosive decompression
| Mid-air collision
|-
| [[Korean Air Lines Flight 902]]
| 1978
| [[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320B]]
| Shootdown
| {{ntsh|002}}2/109
| Explosive decompression
| Shootdown after straying into [[prohibited airspace]] over the [[Soviet Union]]
|-
|[[Air Canada]] Flight 680
|1979
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-9|McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32]]
|Accident
|0/45
|Explosive decompression
|Fuselage tore open from fatigue<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 CF-TLU Boston, MA |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790917-0 |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
|-
| [[Itavia Flight 870]]
| 1980
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15]]
| Bombing or Shootdown (Disputed)
| {{ntsh|081}}81/81
| Explosive decompression
| Mid-air breakup due to explosion in the cabin (Cause of explosion disputed)
|-
| [[Saudia Flight 162]]
| 1980
| [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|002}}2/292
| Explosive decompression
| Tyre blowout
|-
| [[Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103]]
| 1981
| [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-222]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|110}}110/110
| Explosive decompression
| Severe [[corrosion]] and metal fatigue
|-
| [[British Airways Flight 009]]
| 1982
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/263
| Gradual decompression
| Engine flameout due to volcanic ash ingestion
|-
| [[Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8]]
| 1983
| [[Lockheed L-188 Electra]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/15
| Rapid decompression
| Propeller failure and collision with fuselage
|-
| [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]]
| 1983
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200B]]
| Shootdown
| {{ntsh|269}}269/269
| Rapid decompression<ref name="AAR">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5U1YwUMAJ4C|title=Aircraft Accident Reconstruction and Litigation|author1=Brnes Warnock McCormick |author2=M. P. Papadakis |author3=Joseph J. Asselta |publisher=Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company|year=2003|access-date=2008-09-05|isbn=1-930056-61-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Black Box|author=Alexander Dallin|url=https://archive.org/details/blackboxkal007su00dall|url-access=registration|year=1985|access-date=2008-09-06|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-05515-2}}</ref>
| Intentionally fired [[air-to-air missile]] after aircraft strayed into [[prohibited airspace]] over the [[Soviet Union]]<ref>United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Nos. 907, 1057 August Term, 1994  (Argued: April 5, 1995 Decided: July 12, 1995, Docket Nos. 94–7208, 94–7218</ref>
|-
|[[Gulf Air Flight 771]]
|1983
|[[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]
|Terrorist bombing
|{{ntsh|112}}112/112
|Explosive decompression
|Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[Byford Dolphin#Diving bell accident|Byford Dolphin accident]]
| 1983
| [[Byford Dolphin|Diving bell]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|005}}5/6
| Explosive decompression
| [[Human error]], no [[fail-safe]] in the design
|-
| [[Air India Flight 182]]
| 1985
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200B]]
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|329}}329/329
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]]
| 1985
| [[Boeing 747]]SR
| Accident
| {{ntsh|520}}520/524
| Explosive decompression
| Delayed structural failure of the rear pressure bulkhead following improper repairs
|-
| [[Space Shuttle Challenger disaster#Cause and time of death|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster]]
| 1986
| [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|007}}7/7
| Gradual or rapid decompression
| Breach in [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster|solid rocket booster]] O-ring, leading to damage from escaping superheated gas and eventual disintegration of launch vehicle
|-
| Pan Am Flight 125
| 1987
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-121]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/245
| Rapid decompression
| Cargo door malfunction
|-
| [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055]]
| 1987
| [[Ilyushin Il-62]]M
| Accident
| {{ntsh|183}}183/183
| Rapid decompression
| Uncontained engine failure
|-
| [[Aloha Airlines Flight 243]]
| 1988
| [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-200]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/95
| Explosive decompression<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFinalRule.nsf/0/ceabe3247fab85f886256c8b0058461c!OpenDocument
 |title=Aging airplane safety
 |date=2002-12-02
 |access-date=2008-07-29
 |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]]
 |archive-date=2009-02-02
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202143725/http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFinalRule.nsf/0/ceabe3247fab85f886256c8b0058461c!OpenDocument
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>
| Metal fatigue
|-
| [[Iran Air Flight 655]]
| 1988
| [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300B2-203]]
| Shootdown
| {{ntsh|290}}290/290
| Explosive decompression
| Intentionally fired surface-to-air missiles from the [[USS Vincennes (CG-49)|USS ''Vincennes'']]
|-
| [[Pan Am Flight 103]]
| 1988
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100]]
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|259}}259/259
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[United Airlines Flight 811]]
| 1989
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-122]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|009}}9/355
| Explosive decompression
| Cargo door failure
|-
| [[Partnair Flight 394]]
| 1989
| [[Convair CV-580]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|55}}55/55
| Explosive decompression
| Rudder malfunction due to maintenance error, leading to loss of control and in-flight breakup
|-
| [[UTA Flight 772]]
| 1989
| [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|Douglas DC-10-30]]
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|170}}170/170
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in cargo hold
|-
| [[Avianca Flight 203]]
| 1989
| [[Boeing 727]]-21
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|107}}107/107
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion igniting vapours in an empty fuel tank
|-
| [[British Airways Flight 5390]]
| 1990
| [[BAC One-Eleven]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/87
| Rapid decompression<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/cap718.pdf
 |title       = Human factors in aircraft maintenance and inspection
 |publisher   = [[Civil Aviation Authority]]
 |date        = 2005-12-01
 |access-date  = 2008-07-29
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030015241/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/cap718.pdf
 |archive-date = 2008-10-30
}}</ref>
| Cockpit windscreen failure
|-
| [[Copa Airlines Flight 201]]
| 1992
| [[Boeing 737-200 Advanced]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|47}}47/47
| Explosive decompression
| Spatial disorientation leading to steep dive and mid-air breakup
|-
| [[China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303]]
| 1994
| [[Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev TU-154]]M
| Accident
| {{ntsh|160}}160/160
| Explosive decompression
| Improper maintenance
|-
| [[Delta Air Lines]] Flight 157
| 1995
| [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/236
| Rapid decompression
| Structural failure of the bulkhead following inadequate inspection of the airframe<ref>{{cite web|url = https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950823-0|title = Accident Description|publisher = [[Aviation Safety Network]]|date = 1995-08-23|access-date = 2020-06-08}}</ref>
|-
| [[TWA Flight 800]]
| 1996
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-100]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|230}}230/230
| Explosive decompression
| Vapour explosion in fuel tank
|-
| [[Progress M-34#Collision|Progress M-34 docking test]]
| 1997
| ''[[Spektr]]'' space station module
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/3
| Rapid decompression
| Collision while in orbit
|-
| [[LATAM Brasil#Incidents and accidents|TAM Airlines]] Flight 283
| 1997
| [[Fokker 100]]
| Bombing
| {{ntsh|001}}1/60
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[SilkAir Flight 185]]
| 1997
|[[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]]
| (Disputed)
|{{ntsh|104}}104/104
| Explosive decompression
| Steep dive and mid-air breakup (Cause of crash disputed)
|-
| [[Lionair Flight 602]]
| 1998
| [[Antonov An-24]]RV
| Shootdown
| {{ntsh|055}}55/55
| Rapid decompression
| Probable [[Man-portable air-defense systems|MANPAD]] shootdown
|-
| [[1999 South Dakota Learjet crash]]
| 1999
| [[Learjet 35/36|Learjet 35]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|006}}6/6
| Gradual or rapid decompression
| (Undetermined)
|-
| [[EgyptAir Flight 990]]
| 1999
| [[Boeing 767-300ER]]
| (Disputed) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762712/ | title=Death and Denial | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
| {{ntsh|217}}217/217
| Explosive decompression
| Uncontrollable dive leading to mid-air breakup (Cause of crash disputed)
|-
| [[2000 Australia Beechcraft King Air crash]]
| 2000
| [[Beechcraft Super King Air]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|008}}8/8
| Gradual decompression
| Inconclusive; likely pilot error or mechanical failure<ref>Australian Transport Safety Bureau 2001, p. 26.</ref>
|-
|American Airlines Flight 1291
|2000
|[[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600]]R
|Accident
|{{ntsh|008}}1/133
|Rapid decompression
|Cabin outflow valve malfunction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Airbus A300B4-605R N14056, 20 Nov 2000 |url=https://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/190686 |access-date=2021-11-17 |website=www.aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Hainan Island incident]]
| 2001
| [[Lockheed EP-3]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|1}}1/25
| Rapid decompression
| Mid-air collision
|-
| [[TAM Airlines Flight 9755]]
| 2001
| [[Fokker 100]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/88
| Rapid decompression
| Uncontained engine failure<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/tam.htm|title=Fatal Events Since 1970 for Transportes Aéreos Regionais (TAM)|publisher=airsafe.com|access-date=2010-03-05}}</ref>
|-
| [[China Airlines Flight 611]]
| 2002
| [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-200B]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|225}}225/225
| Explosive decompression
| Metal fatigue
|-
| [[2003 Ukrainian Cargo Airways Il-76 accident]]
| 2003
| [[Ilyushin Il-76]]
| Accident
| Unknown{{efn|The number of passengers aboard Ilyushin Il-76 ranged from 160 to 350+. Depending on the source there were 17 to 200 survivors.}}
| Explosive decompression
| Rear loading ramp disintegration from aircraft while cruising leading to explosive decompression 
|-
| [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster]]
| 2003
| [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']]
| Accident 
| {{ntsh|007}}7/7
| Explosive decompression<ref>{{cite web|title=Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report|url=http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/298870main_SP-2008-565.pdf|website=NASA.gov|pages=2–90|year=2008|quote=The 51-L Challenger accident investigation showed that the Challenger CM remained intact and the crew was able to take some immediate actions after vehicle breakup, although the loads experienced were  much higher as a result of the aerodynamic loads (estimated at 16 G to 21 G).5  The Challenger crew became  incapacitated quickly and could not complete activation of all breathing air systems, leading to the conclusion that an incapacitating cabin depressurization occurred. By comparison, the Columbia crew experienced  lower loads (~3.5 G) at the CE. The fact that none of the crew members lowered their visors strongly  suggests that the crew was incapacitated after the CE by a rapid depressurization.  Although no quantitative conclusion can be made regarding the cabin depressurization rate, it is probable  that the cabin depressurization rate was high enough to incapacitate the crew in a matter of seconds. Conclusion L1-5. The depressurization incapacitated the crew members so rapidly that they were not able to lower their helmet visors.}}</ref>
| Damage to orbiter [[Space Shuttle thermal protection system|thermal protection system]] at liftoff, leading to disintegration during reentry
|-
|[[Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701]]
|2004
|[[Bombardier CRJ100/200|Bombardier CRJ-200]]
|Accident
|{{ntsh|002}}2/2
|Gradual decompression
|Engine flameout caused by pilot error 
|-
|[[Helios Airways Flight 522]]
| 2005
|[[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]]
| Accident
|{{ntsh|121}}121/121
| Gradual decompression
| Pressurization system set to manual for the entire flight<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/All/F15FBD7320037284C2257204002B6243/$file/FINAL%20REPORT%205B-DBY.pdf|title=Aircraft Accident Report – Helios Airways Flight HCY522 Boeing 737-31S at Grammatike, Hellas on 14 August 2005|publisher=Hellenic Republic Ministry Of Transport & Communications: Air Accident Investigation & Aviation Safety Board|date=Nov 2006|access-date=2009-07-14|archive-date=2011-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605120004/http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/All/F15FBD7320037284C2257204002B6243/$file/FINAL%20REPORT%205B-DBY.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Alaska Airlines]] Flight 536
| 2005
| [[McDonnell Douglas MD-80]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/142
| Rapid decompression
| Failure of operator to report collision involving a [[Ground support equipment|baggage loading cart]] at the departure gate<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/flying-cheap/incident/20051229X02026/1/ |title=Airline Accident: Accident – Dec. 26, 2005 – Seattle, Wash. |website=Investigative Reporting Workshop |access-date=2017-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120223757/http://investigativereportingworkshop.org/flying-cheap/incident/20051229X02026/1/ |archive-date=2018-01-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Adam Air Flight 574]]
| 2007
| [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-400]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|102}}102/102
| Explosive decompression
| Spatial disorientation leading to steep dive and mid-air breakup
|-
| [[Qantas Flight 30]]
| 2008
| [[Boeing 747-400]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/365
| Rapid decompression<ref name="ATSB_200824">{{cite press release
  | title = Qantas Boeing 747-400 depressurisation and diversion to Manila on 25 July 2008
  | publisher = [[Australian Transport Safety Bureau]]
  | date = 2008-07-28
  | url = http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_24.aspx
  | access-date = 2008-07-28
  | archive-date = 2008-08-03
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080803154036/http://www.atsb.gov.au/newsroom/2008/release/2008_24.aspx
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>
| Fuselage ruptured by [[Oxygen tank|oxygen cylinder]] explosion
|-
| [[Southwest Airlines Flight 2294]]
| 2009
| [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/131
| Rapid decompression
| Metal fatigue<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8150346.stm|title=Hole in US plane forces landing|date=2009-07-14|access-date=2009-07-15|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
| [[Southwest Airlines Flight 812]]
| 2011
| [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737-300]]
| Incident
| {{ntsh|0}}0/123
| Rapid decompression
| Metal fatigue<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/southwest-jet-had-pre-existing-fatigue/ | work=Fox News | title=Southwest Jet Had Pre-existing Fatigue | date=2011-04-03}}</ref>
|-
| [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17]]
| 2014
| [[Boeing 777-200ER]]
| Shootdown
| {{ntsh|298}}298/298
| Explosive decompression 
| Shot down over Ukraine  
|-
| [[Daallo Airlines Flight 159]]
| 2016
| [[Airbus A321]]
| Terrorist bombing
| {{ntsh|001}}1/81
| Explosive decompression
| Bomb explosion in passenger cabin<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jacdec.de/2016/02/02/2016-02-02-daallo-airlines-a321-damaged-by-explosion-at-mogadishu/|title=2016-02-02 Daallo Airlines A321 damaged by explosion at Mogadishu » JACDEC|website=www.jacdec.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2018-08-05}}</ref>
|-
| [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1380]]
| 2018
| [[Boeing 737-700]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|001}}1/148
| Rapid decompression
| Uncontained engine failure caused by metal fatigue<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swamedia.com/releases/release-de080387b716f7f68a21d1f86491d2a4-initial-statement-southwest-airlines-flight-1380|title=Southwest Flight 1380 Statement #1 – Issued 11:00 a.m. CT|website=Southwest Airlines Newsroom|date=17 April 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/southwest-flight-emergency/index.html|title=Southwest flight suffers jet engine failure: Live updates|date=17 April 2018|website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633]]
|2018
|[[Airbus A319|Airbus A319-100]]
|Accident
|{{ntsh|0}}0/128
|Explosive decompression
|Cockpit windscreen failure
|-
| [[2022 Baltic Sea Cessna Citation crash]]
| 2022
| [[Cessna Citation II]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}4/4
| Gradual decompression
| Under investigation
|-
| [[2023 Virginia Cessna Citation crash]]
| 2023
| [[Cessna Citation V]]
| Accident
| {{ntsh|0}}4/4
| Unknown decompression
| Inconclusive; possibly incomplete maintenance{{efn|While incomplete maintenance was a factor, the NTSB was unable to determine what could have caused the aircraft to depressurize.}}
|-
| [[Alaska Airlines Flight 1282]]
| 2024
| [[Boeing 737 MAX|Boeing 737 MAX 9]]
| Accident
| 0/177
| Explosive decompression
| Door plug failure; under investigation.<ref name="seattletimeshole">{{Cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Gates |date=January 5, 2024 |title=Alaska Airlines grounds MAX 9s after door plug blows out on Portland flight |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/180-on-alaska-airlines-flight-safe-and-scared-in-portland-after-window-blows/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107200534/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/180-on-alaska-airlines-flight-safe-and-scared-in-portland-after-window-blows/ |archive-date=January 7, 2024 |access-date=January 6, 2024 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>
|}