Clearly this damage caused decompression of the pressurised cabin, but it should not necessarily have led automatically to separation of the horizontal tail surfaces.

This causes rapid decompression of the baby's head.

The crash resulted from the rear cargo hatch blowing off, causing decompression and severing cables that left the pilots with almost no control.

The missile also punctured the fuselage, causing rapid decompression and jamming one of the plane's four turbines.

A piece of space junk hitting someone's suit and causing decompression is much harder to survive.

The first missed but the second severely damaged the left wing and shrapnel punctured the fuselage, causing rapid decompression that killed two passengers.

This caused explosive decompression, temporarily filling the cabin with a whirlwind of fog and debris.

The resultant damage caused decompression of the aircraft cabin and the loss of certain electrical and hydraulic systems.

She puts on a spacesuit and opens the hatch, causing explosive decompression which forces the Alien to the open doorway.

It caused rapid decompression and the break-up of the aircraft in mid-air.